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I wonder if the new light-based communication networks recently proposed could make applications like these more reliable - there were suspicions that radio fre
by liminalsunset 3y ago
I wonder if the new light-based communication networks recently proposed could make applications like these more reliable - there were suspicions that radio frequency interference was a factor in this failure.
Light, while having directional and occlusion risks, would appear to be more readily directed and filtered. Stray sources of light modulated at the frequency selected for communication would also likely be less of an issue.
However, some method would have to be devised to allow hundreds of nodes to share the network - though with the bandwidth of light based communication, simple TDMA or even broadcast could work.
- Vecr 3y agoIt can have major problems in various conditions including fog, smoke, dust, rain, etc. You need radio backups or some fail safe auto-land system.
- KiwiJohnno 3y agoActually, it was the fail safe auto-land system that functioned perfectly and put these things in the Yarra in the first place. Something went wrong (presumeably with their radio link) and they executed their fail-safe procedure, which was to cancel horizontal velocity and perform a gentle powered landing - In the river below them...