Wireless Optical Telecommunications (Hardcover)

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.

無線光學通信是指基於無導向傳播的光波進行通信。過去30年來，這項技術有了顯著的改進，成為了當今千禧年的無線通信解決方案，提供了對無線系統的替代方案；由於近年來對無線頻率波對人體健康的潛在影響的關注，這項技術可能會變得更具吸引力。

本書的目的是探討已經用於當前信息交換的自由空間光學，它的許多優點，如整合通道特性、傳播模型、鏈路預算、包括編碼、調製、標準以及與健康和安全相關的問題（例如IEC 60825或FCC - 1級），等等，在未來十年內將成為解決短、中、長距離電信的計算機架構的不可或缺的部分，因為我們從每秒幾十億字節到每秒數萬億字節的傳輸速率。

《無線光學通信》是任何想要了解無線光學通信或參與實際完整系統實施的工程師的優秀工具。學生們將找到各種信息和有用的概念，如與傳播、光學和光度計有關的概念，以及有關安全的必要信息。

目錄
1. 光。
2. 光學通信的歷史。
3. 無線光學通信的當代和日常生活。
4. 傳播模型。
5. 大氣中的傳播。
6. 室內光學鏈路預算。
7. 免疫性、安全性、能源和法規。
8. 光學和光電子學。
9. 數據處理。
10. 數據傳輸。
11. 安裝和系統工程。
12. 結論。