Airborne Wireless Network (ABWN)

[Volle Kraft]

Advantages of Laser communications (LC) over radio frequency (RF).

-Band width / for laser communication (LC) is 100 times greater than for RF.

-Power / in LC is directed at target, so much less transmission power required. Also the power loss is less.

-Size and weight / LC antenna is much smaller than RF.

-Security / Due to low divergence of laser beam, LC is more secur.

-Laser communications systems are wireless connections through the atmosphere. They work similarly to fiber optic links, except for the factthat in lasers, beam is transmitted through free space (at the speed of light which is much faster than RF).

Http://physics.arizona.edu/ssp/sti

I think that the first test was RF, and I think this second 2 plane test goes beyond the original patent with the added advantage of LC over RF. It looks like they submitted another additional patent.