Method and apparatus for alignment of a line-of-sight communications link
US10868616B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 5, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 5, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B10/503
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for aligning an optical transmitter with an optical receiver for a line-of-sight communications link, wherein the optical transmitter comprises a laser array emitter, the laser array emitter comprising a plurality of laser emitting regions, wherein each of a plurality of the laser emitting regions is configured to emit laser light in a different direction such that the laser array emitter is capable of emitting laser light in a plurality of different directions. The system can run produce emissions from different laser emitting regions until a laser emitting region that is in alignment with the optical receiver is found. This aligned laser emitting region can then be selected for use to optically communicate data from the optical transmitter to the optical receiver.
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