Wireless Optical Telecommunications

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acronyms

Introduction

Chapter 1: Light

Chapter 2: History of Optical Telecommunications

2.1. Some definitions

2.2. The prehistory of telecommunications

2.3. The optical aerial telegraph

2.4. The code

2.5. The optical telegraph

2.6. Alexander Graham Bell’s photophone

Chapter 3: The Contemporary and the Everyday Life of Wireless Optical Communication

3.1. Basic principles

3.2. Wireless optical communication

Chapter 4: Propagation Model

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Baseband equivalent model

4.3. Diffuse propagation link budget in a confined environment

Chapter 5: Propagation in the Atmosphere

5.1. Introduction

5.2. The atmosphere

5.3. The propagation of light in the atmosphere

5.4. Models

5.5. Experimental set-up

5.6. Experimental results

5.7. Fog, haze and mist

5.8. The runway visual range (RVR)

5.9. Calculating process of an FSO link availability

5.10. Conclusion

Chapter 6: Indoor Optic Link Budget

6.1. Emission and reception parameters

6.2. Link budget for line of sight communication

6.3. Link budget for communication with retroreflectors

6.4. Examples of optical budget and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)

Chapter 7: Immunity, Safety, Energy and Legislation

7.1. Immunity

7.2. The confidentiality of communication

7.3. Energy

7.4. Legislation

Chapter 8: Optics and Optronics

8.1. Overview

8.2. Optronics: transmitters and receivers

8.3. Optics

Chapter 9: Data Processing

9.1. Introduction

9.2. Modulation

9.3. The coding

Chapter 10: Data Transmission

10.1. Introduction ...