Background Radiation Effect on Ground Sensor-to-UAV Free-Space Optical Link With Inexpensive Laser

The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WAINA.2017.31Published in: 2017 31st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (WAINA)This paper presents a model for evaluating the effect of background radiation such as reflected sun light on a free-space optical link that employs the beam divergence of an inexpensive laser for ground sensor-to-unmanned aerial vehicle applications.Do