Abstract: A wireless optical communication network includes a base station established for wireless optical communication using a wireless optical signal and including a participant apparatus moveable with respect to the base station including a communication unit established for wireless optical communication. Further, the participant apparatus includes a deflection unit configured to deflect at least part of the wireless optical signal between a first direction between the deflection unit and the communication unit and a second direction between the deflection unit and the base station.

Abstract: A wireless optical communication network includes a base station established for wireless optical communication using a wireless optical signal and including a participant apparatus moveable with respect to the base station including a communication unit established for wireless optical communication. Further, the participant apparatus includes a deflection unit configured to deflect at least part of the wireless optical signal between a first direction between the deflection unit and the communication unit and a second direction between the deflection unit and the base station.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reader antenna for use with radio frequency identification (RF ID) transponders. A reader and the transponder are connected to one another via a wireless interface. It is the object of the invention to provide a reader antenna for RFID systems whose transmission range is increased in comparison with a transmission range in a normal air environment without metallic influence with otherwise the same electrical and electromagnetic parameters. The reader antenna in accordance with the invention is provided with an antenna which is formed with a coil having at least one winding. The coil lies on a side of a carrier remote from a transponder and the carrier is made exclusively of a soft magnetic material.