Acampora, Anthony S. <br/><br/>
A broadband wireless access network based on mesh-connected free-space optical links 

<br/><br/>Driven by the twin forces of industry-wide deregulation and the explosive demand for Internet access and bandwidth-intensive multimedia services, broadband local access has emerged as one of the key issues in modern telecommunications. We describe a broadband local access network consisting of small, densely spaced packet-switching nodes interconnected by focused free-space optical links in a multihop mesh arrangement 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>COMMUNICATION INDUSTRY EXPLOSIVES<br/>LAN INTERCONNECTION<br/>OPTICAL FIBER CABLES<br/>OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION<br/>OPTICAL FIBER NETWORKS<br/>OPTICAL SWITCHES SPREAD SPECTRUM COMMUNICATION<br/>WEB AND INTERNET SERVICES<br/>WIRELESS NETWORKS
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>H004.7 PER