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 Beam Tracking Method Based on KLT Tracker in Free Space Optical Communication 


Vol. 51,  No. 1, pp. 93-101, Jan.  2026
10.7840/kics.2026.51.1.93


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In this paper, we propose a beam tracking method utilizing a camera in FSO communication to mitigate beam pointing errors between transceiver. The proposed system adopts the KLT tracker which is developed in the field of computer vision to estimate the position of receiver. Using the estimated results, a 2-axis gimbal is controlled to align the beam pointing in real-time. Under ideal motor control conditions, the proposed method achieved an 80% reduction in pointing error along with a 1.47 dB signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) margin, which enables a stable communication link. In addition, considering image processing and motor control latency, it is observed that the proposed method remains valid as long as the coherence time of beam pointing error is slower than the camera frame rate.

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[IEEE Style]

J. Kim, K. Park, Y. Ko, M. Alouini, "Beam Tracking Method Based on KLT Tracker in Free Space Optical Communication," The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 93-101, 2026. DOI: 10.7840/kics.2026.51.1.93.

[ACM Style]

Jong-Min Kim, Ki-Hong Park, Young-Chai Ko, and Mohamed-Slim Alouini. 2026. Beam Tracking Method Based on KLT Tracker in Free Space Optical Communication. The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, 51, 1, (2026), 93-101. DOI: 10.7840/kics.2026.51.1.93.

[KICS Style]

Jong-Min Kim, Ki-Hong Park, Young-Chai Ko, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, "Beam Tracking Method Based on KLT Tracker in Free Space Optical Communication," The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 93-101, 1. 2026. (https://doi.org/10.7840/kics.2026.51.1.93)
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