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Industral Research into Wireless Optical Communications

• David Heatley - BT Labs, United Kingdom - Free-space optical communications. Overview paper entitled "Optical Wireless: the story so far", published Dec 1998 IEEE ComSoc Magazine.
  
  
• IBM Zurich Labs - Zurich, Switzerland - Low complexity modulation and coding schemes for point-to-point and diffuse wireless infrared links. Co-developers of IrDA VFIR 16Mbps modulation code White paper available.
  
  
• Kent Ridge Digital Labs - Singapore - Among other projects, developed a diffuse wireless infrared link called 'eduPAD' for accessing publications and distributing assignments in a teaching setting.
  
  
• Optical Access - Terrestrial free-space optical T1/E1, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, OC-3, and OC-12 links at rates up to 1.25Gbps over 500m to 2Mbps over 5km.