Reliability Analysis of a Fault-Tolerant Full-Duplex Optical Wireless Communication Transceiver

Optical wireless communication (OWC) has emerged as a promising solution to the radio spectrum crunch. OWC technology requires more access points (APs) compared other technologies, making it crucial have reliable APs ensure low repair rates and optimal network availability. To address this, our paper provides methods enhance reliability of duplex AP transceivers calculates their parameters. The transceiver design consists several independent modules, we calculate failure in time (FIT) for each module using MTBF calculator software component datasheets. Our analysis includes two methods: mean between (MTBF) calculations block diagrams Markov chain modeling. former identifies modules with high rate determines system’s cumulative downtime or time, while latter accounts individual availability calculations. Both complement provide insight into fault-tolerant system designs. Furthermore, perform life cycle cost proposed designs facilitate appropriate choices different applications.