EC860 Wireless Optical Communication

Course Name: 

EC860 Wireless Optical Communication

Programme: 

M.Tech (CE)

Category: 

Elective (Ele)

Credits (L-T-P): 

(3-1-0) 4

Content: 

Introduction and applications of wireless optical communication (OWC), Optical Sources and Detectors, Channel Modelling - Indoor Optical Wireless Communication Channels, Outdoor Channel, Underwater channel. Modulation Techniques - Analogue Intensity Modulation, Digital Baseband Modulation Techniques, Pulse Position Modulation, Pulse Interval Modulation, Subcarrier Intensity Modulation, Multi-Carrier Modulations, Optical Polarization Shift Keying. System Performance Analysis – Free space optical (FSO) Link Performance with attenuation, Atmospheric Turbulence and pointing errors - The Effect of Ambient Light Sources on Indoor visible light communication (VLC) Link Performance, VLC system Performance in Multipath Propagations, Underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) link performance with attenuation, oceanic turbulence and pointing errors. Mitigation of OWC channel and performance enhancement techniques.

References: 

Ghassemlooy, Zabih, Wasiu Popoola, and Sujan Rajbhandari. Optical wireless communications: system and channel modelling with Matlab. Second Edition, CRC press, 2019.
Kaushal, Hemani, V. K. Jain, and Subrat Kar. Free space optical communication. New Delhi: Springer india, 2017.
Arnon, Shlomi, John Barry, George Karagiannidis, Robert Schober, and Murat Uysal, eds. Advanced optical wireless communication systems. Cambridge university press, 2012.
Ghassemlooy, Zabih, Luis Nero Alves, Stanislav Zvanovec, and Mohammad-Ali Khalighi, eds. Visible light communications: theory and applications. CRC press, 2017.
Lou, Yi, and Niaz Ahmed. Underwater Communications and Networks. Springer, 2022.

Department: 

Electronics and Communication Engineering(ECE)
 

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Prof. Ramesh Kini M.
Professor and Head,
Department of ECE, NITK, Surathkal,
P. O. Srinivasnagar,
Mangalore - 575 025 Karnataka, India.

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