Bridge Difficult Locations
Connect buildings where roads, rivers, ownership boundaries, or planning issues make new fibre cabling difficult.
Wireless optical links where fibre is not practical.
Free Space Optics uses focused light to create a high-speed connection between buildings. It can be a practical alternative when fibre is too expensive, too slow to arrange, or physically difficult to install.
Point Systems helps assess the site, distance, line of sight, capacity needs, and resilience requirements before recommending a suitable link.
How Free Space Optics Can Help
Practical connectivity for sites that need speed, flexibility, and minimal installation disruption.
Avoid Long Lead Times
Deploy a high-capacity link without waiting for carrier fibre installation, wayleaves, or complex civils work.
Add Resilient Connectivity
Use a separate wireless path as a backup to leased lines, fibre circuits, or other critical site links.
What The Product Is
A Free Space Optics link is a cable-free connection between two points with clear line of sight. Instead of trenching fibre through the ground, optical units are mounted on buildings or suitable structures and aligned to transmit network traffic through the air.
- Useful where traditional cabling is blocked by cost, access, or timescale.
- Can support business network traffic without using radio frequencies.
- Often used for campus links, temporary buildings, and resilient secondary routes.
Options Available
Different deployment routes can be considered depending on the site, distance, speed, and continuity needs.
Point-to-Point Building Links
A dedicated optical wireless link between two buildings for data, voice, CCTV, or general network traffic.
Temporary or Project Connectivity
Fast connectivity for construction, temporary offices, events, or sites waiting for a permanent fixed line.
Resilience and Backup Links
A secondary path to support business continuity where connectivity loss would interrupt operations.
Multi-Service Site Links
Carry multiple services across one link, including LAN extension, voice, video, security, and operational systems.
Key Features
The right solution depends on site conditions, so Point Systems can help confirm whether Free Space Optics is the right fit before committing to a deployment.
- Bandwidth options up to 1 Gigabit depending on distance and site conditions
- Typical operating distances up to 6 kilometres with suitable line of sight
- No radio spectrum licence required for optical transmission
- Supports voice and data interfaces across a single link
- Suitable for permanent, temporary, and resilient connectivity needs
- Low disruption compared with trenching, ducting, and new cable routes