EC860 Wireless Optical Communication
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EC860 Wireless Optical Communication
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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.