Book description
Wireless optical communication refers to communication based on the
unguided propagation of optical waves. The past 30 years have seen
significant improvements in this technique - a wireless communication
solution for the current millennium - that offers an alternative to
radio systems; a technique that could gain attractiveness due to
recent concerns regarding the potential effects of radiofrequency
waves on human health.
The aim of this book is to look at the
free space optics that are already used for the exchange of current
information; its many benefits, such as incorporating channel
properties, propagation models, link budgets, data processing
including coding, modulation, standards and concerns around health and
safety (IEC 60825 or FCC - Class 1 for example), etc. will become
indispensable over the next decade in addressing computer
architectures for short-, medium- and long-range telecommunications as
we move from gigabytes to terabytes per second.
Wireless Optical
Communications is an excellent tool for any engineer wanting to learn
about wireless optical communications or involved in the
implementation of real complete systems. Students will find a wide
range of information and useful concepts such as those relating to
propagation, optics and photometry, as well the necessary information
on safety.
Contents
1. Light.
2. History of Optical Telecommunications.
3. The
Contemporary and the Everyday Life of Wireless Optical
Communication.
4. Propagation Model.
5. Propagation in the
Atmosphere.
6. Indoor Optic Link Budget.
7. Immunity,
Safety, Energy and Legislation.
8. Optics and Optronics.
9.
Data Processing.
10. Data Transmission.
11. Installation and
System Engineering.
12. Conclusion.
