SMU: Free Space Optics
This is free space optics (FSO) on the rooftop of the Business blk (SMU)
FSO on another block
(Images are from icedoll’s blog)
Just get to know about how SMU link all its campus in the town up, thru FSO! High link over great distance, better than unidirectional 802.11x technology.
Wow! I guess it is the first time i saw FSO deployed. Anyway the technology either uses IR or laser, that is to say, it requires a strict line of sight to work.
Wonder in cases of bad weather or haze, where laser and IR get scattered. Does the FSO self align to discover best link?
PS: More info check out icedoll’s blog