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optical wireless communication

A transmission system that uses light pulses over the air rather than in an optical fiber. The entire light range from infrared to ultraviolet is employed in various systems. See visible light communication and free space optics.
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outdoor optical wireless communication is commonly known as free space optical (FSO) communication [1].
Suppressing of laser signal attenuation based FFSO communication system
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