Ivan B. Djordjevic - Advanced Optical and Wireless Communications Systems

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The purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to most advanced topics of (i) wireless communications, (ii) free-space optical (FSO) communications, (iii) indoor optical wireless (infrared, IR) communications, and (iv) fiber-optics communications. So far, these different types of communication systems have been considered as separate disciplines. However, the fundamental concepts, such as propagation principles, modulation formats, channel coding, diversity principles, MIMO signal processing, multicarrier modulation, equalization, adaptive modulation and coding, detection principles, and software-defined transmission, are common. The key idea of this book is to consider these different types of communication systems in a unified fashion. The fundamental concepts, listed above, are described first, followed by detailed description of each particular system. The book is self-contained and structured to provide straightforward guidance to readers looking to capture fundamentals and gain theoretical and practical knowledge about wireless communications, free-space optical communications, and fiber-optics communications, which can be readily applied in their research and practical applications.

This book is intended for very diverse group of readers in communications engineering, optical engineering, wireless communications, free-space optical communications, optical wireless communications, mathematics, physics, communication theory, information theory, devise electronics, photonics, as well as computer science.

The book comprises 11 chapters. Each chapter, except introductory one, contains more than 20 problems to help the reader get a deeper understanding of the corresponding text material. In the introductory chapter (Chap. provides detailed description of the physical-layer security concepts applied to wireless and optical channels. The detailed description of chapters is provided in the Introduction.

I would like to thank my former students, postdocs, and collaborators for the research we performed together.

Finally, special thanks are extended to Mary E. James of Springer, USA, for her tremendous effort in organizing the logistics of the book, in particular promotion and edition, which is indispensable to make this book happen.