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Dependent Variable

and Independent
Variables
LASER COMMUNICATION: A STUDY FOR AN INEXPENSIVE
ALTERNATIVE FREE-SPACE PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY

By: RL Balane
• Distance • Reception Error
• Ambient Light • Decoding Error
• Illuminance of the
Laser
• Time delay
• Cost

Independent Dependent
Variables Variables
Independent
Variables
Distance
• The span between the two
communicating transceivers.

Ambient Light
• The amount of light present in the
environment (regardless of its
source).
Dependent Variables
Reception Error
• The percentage of unreceived
characters from the transmitted
message.

Decoding Error
• The percentage of incorrectly
decoded characters from the
transmitted message.
Dependent Variables
Illuminance of the Laser
• The amount of light (from the laser)
striking on the surface of the
receiver’s light sensor.
Time Delay
• The actual time delay between the
transmission of the message and the
retrieval.
Cost
• The expenses of building the working
project.
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