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LOS Links<br />

Rx<br />

Narrow low power transmit beam<br />

Narrow field-of-view receiver<br />

Tx<br />

Advantages<br />

Least path loss<br />

No multipath propagation<br />

High data rate<br />

Suitable <strong>to</strong> point-<strong>to</strong>-point<br />

communications only.<br />

Problems<br />

Noise is limiting fac<strong>to</strong>r<br />

Possibility of blocking/shadowing<br />

Tracking necessary<br />

No/limited mobility

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