{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1495465570","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icton.2015.7193303","title":"Balloon mesh free space optical communication with tracking and link switching","display_name":"Balloon mesh free space optical communication with tracking and link switching","publication_year":2015,"publication_date":"2015-07-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1495465570","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icton.2015.7193303","mag":"1495465570"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/icton.2015.7193303","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icton.2015.7193303","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2015 17th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5018470926","display_name":"Muhammad B. Awan","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I102401767","display_name":"University of Arkansas at Little Rock","ror":"https://ror.org/04fttyv97","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I102401767"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Muhammad B. Awan","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Arkansas, Little Rock, USA","University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Arkansas, Little Rock, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102401767"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102401767"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5079157758","display_name":"Seshadri Mohan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8757-9988"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I102401767","display_name":"University of Arkansas at Little Rock","ror":"https://ror.org/04fttyv97","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I102401767"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Seshadri Mohan","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Arkansas, Little Rock, USA","University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Arkansas, Little Rock, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102401767"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102401767"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5018470926"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I102401767"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.3946,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":5,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.64701144,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"4"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10851","display_name":"Optical Wireless Communication Technologies","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10851","display_name":"Optical Wireless Communication Technologies","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10767","display_name":"Advanced Photonic Communication Systems","score":0.9714999794960022,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10847","display_name":"Advanced Optical Network Technologies","score":0.9588000178337097,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7133623361587524},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/backup","display_name":"Backup","score":0.6224743127822876},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/free-space-optical-communication","display_name":"Free-space optical communication","score":0.5742063522338867},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/backhaul","display_name":"Backhaul (telecommunications)","score":0.5573806762695312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wireless-mesh-network","display_name":"Wireless mesh network","score":0.4812600314617157},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/shared-mesh","display_name":"Shared mesh","score":0.4719485640525818},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.4595050513744354},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/switched-mesh","display_name":"Switched mesh","score":0.44387325644493103},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/optical-switch","display_name":"Optical switch","score":0.4224008619785309},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/real-time-computing","display_name":"Real-time computing","score":0.41617852449417114},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mesh-networking","display_name":"Mesh networking","score":0.4148935377597809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/optical-communication","display_name":"Optical communication","score":0.37237679958343506},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wireless","display_name":"Wireless","score":0.33537018299102783},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wireless-network","display_name":"Wireless network","score":0.3093525171279907},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.29571670293807983},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/electronic-engineering","display_name":"Electronic engineering","score":0.24888435006141663},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.15825650095939636}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7133623361587524},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780945871","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194274","display_name":"Backup","level":2,"score":0.6224743127822876},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C197000039","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2027432","display_name":"Free-space optical communication","level":3,"score":0.5742063522338867},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C103760667","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q798444","display_name":"Backhaul (telecommunications)","level":3,"score":0.5573806762695312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31548570","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6453712","display_name":"Wireless mesh network","level":4,"score":0.4812600314617157},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C37427157","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7489552","display_name":"Shared mesh","level":5,"score":0.4719485640525818},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.4595050513744354},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C165323707","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7659102","display_name":"Switched mesh","level":5,"score":0.44387325644493103},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C101336846","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17105111","display_name":"Optical switch","level":2,"score":0.4224008619785309},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79403827","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3988","display_name":"Real-time computing","level":1,"score":0.41617852449417114},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123691950","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25552104","display_name":"Mesh networking","level":3,"score":0.4148935377597809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C129404179","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1469765","display_name":"Optical communication","level":2,"score":0.37237679958343506},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C555944384","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249","display_name":"Wireless","level":2,"score":0.33537018299102783},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108037233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11375","display_name":"Wireless network","level":3,"score":0.3093525171279907},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.29571670293807983},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24326235","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126095","display_name":"Electronic engineering","level":1,"score":0.24888435006141663},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.15825650095939636},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77088390","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8513","display_name":"Database","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/icton.2015.7193303","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icton.2015.7193303","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2015 17th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.5799999833106995,"display_name":"Affordable and clean energy","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/7"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":5,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1586326067","https://openalex.org/W1795984368","https://openalex.org/W2082748648","https://openalex.org/W2097920130","https://openalex.org/W2169182298"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2145803479","https://openalex.org/W1572406879","https://openalex.org/W2145075150","https://openalex.org/W4319302693","https://openalex.org/W3116030847","https://openalex.org/W2810292777","https://openalex.org/W2757691190","https://openalex.org/W2114284183","https://openalex.org/W2088748318","https://openalex.org/W1994262480"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Optical":[0],"beam":[1],"alignment":[2],"is":[3,38],"the":[4,34,47,52,81,98,103,110,129],"key":[5],"requirement":[6],"to":[7,39,43,54,72,80,96,116,127,137],"maintain":[8],"a":[9,29,56,67,123,138],"connection":[10],"between":[11,86],"two":[12],"optical":[13,18,63,125],"nodes":[14],"in":[15,77,132],"free":[16],"space":[17,78],"(FSO)":[19],"communication":[20,50,64],"networking.":[21],"Google":[22],"has":[23,51],"proposed":[24],"FSO":[25,49,84],"embodiments":[26],"for":[27,154],"building":[28],"network":[30,60,130],"at":[31],"high":[32,57],"altitude,":[33],"objective":[35],"of":[36,83,109,134],"which":[37],"provide":[40],"Internet":[41],"connectivity":[42],"remote":[44],"locations":[45],"around":[46],"globe.":[48],"potential":[53],"build":[55],"bandwidth":[58],"backhaul":[59],"with":[61,114,141],"wireless":[62],"systems":[65],"using":[66],"balloon":[68,100],"mesh":[69],"network.":[70],"Due":[71],"winds,":[73],"balloons":[74],"can":[75],"drift":[76],"leading":[79],"misalignment":[82,140],"connections":[85],"adjacent":[87,143],"balloons.":[88],"In":[89],"this":[90],"paper,":[91],"we":[92],"propose":[93,122],"an":[94,142],"algorithm":[95],"track":[97],"drifting":[99,111],"and":[101,158],"evaluate":[102],"tracking":[104],"system":[105],"by":[106],"state":[107,151],"estimation":[108,152],"balloon's":[112,139],"position":[113],"respect":[115],"another":[117],"nearest":[118],"balloon.":[119,144],"We":[120],"also":[121],"backup":[124],"link":[126],"keep":[128],"intact":[131],"case":[133],"failure":[135],"due":[136],"Our":[145],"approach":[146],"uses":[147],"Kalman":[148],"filtering":[149],"based":[150],"technique":[153],"three":[155],"dimensional":[156],"movement":[157],"speed.":[159]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}