Advantages
- Ease of deployment
- License-free long-range operation (in contrast with radio communication)
- High bit rates
- Low bit error rates
- Immunity to electromagnetic interference
- Full duplex operation
- Protocol transparency
- Very secure due to the high directionality and narrowness of the beam(s)
- No Fresnel zone necessary
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