[IEEE 1998 IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meeting. Broadband Optical Networks and Technologies: An Emerging Reality. Optical MEMS. Smart Pixels. Organics Optics and Optoelectronics - Monterey, CA, USA (20-24 July 1998)] 1998 IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meeting. Digest. Broadband Optical Networks and Technologies: An Emerging Reality. Optical MEMS. Smart Pixels. Organic Optics and Optoelectronics (Cat. No.98TH8369) - Networking with free space optical data packets using carrier-sense multiple-access with collision detection (CSMA/CD) protocol