Wireless Computer Communication Using Laser Beam

Wireless Communications starts to prove its self as an alternative for computer networking that save cabling cost and provide dynamic topology. This paper presents a prototype for a wireless data communication system using laser beam. The hardware and communication protocol are also discussed. The protocol allows the forwarding of packets to other computers, which allows the creation of computer wireless network rather than a communication between two points. The performance results obtained showed that, the communication speed depends on the quality of the photo cells used. By using a normal quality Photo cells, a communication speed performance about 1 KB(Kilo byte)/sec can be obtained.