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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2013
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Robert C. Peach, Rockledge, FL (US);
Alan J. Michaels, Indialantic, FL (US);
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
System () and methods () for improving packet loss due to fast optical power fades in an FSO communication link (). The methods involve: obtaining Channel Fade Statistics ('CFSs') for the FSO communication link; and analyzing CFSs to determine if Redundant Packet Transmission ('RPT') is required to mitigate fast optical power fading. If RPT is required, then first operations are performed at a data link layer () of a protocol stack () to generate first packets (). Each packet has a sequence number () disposed between a data link layer header () and a network layer header (). If RPT is not required, then second operations are performed at the data link layer to generate a second packet absent of the sequence number or alternatively having a sequence number equal to zero. Thereafter, the packet(s) is transmitted over the FSO communication link one or more times.