"This book aims to provide an overview of recent developments in indoor infrared optical wireless communications, including theoretical fundamentals, system architectures, modelling, experimental demonstrations, and most recently, the research efforts towards integrations"-- Provided by publisher.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Author -- 1: Introduction: Optical Wireless Communications -- 1.1 Optical Wireless Communication Technologies -- 1.2 Optical Wireless Communications -- Brief History -- 1.3 Long-Range Outdoor OWC Systems -- 1.4 Short-Range OWC Systems -- 1.4.1 Personal and Local Area Networks -- 1.4.2 Wireless Body Area Networks and Indoor Localizations -- 1.4.3 Optical Interconnects -- 1.5 Book Structure -- References -- 2: Near-Infrared Indoor Optical Wireless Communications: System Architecture, Principle and Modeling

2.1 Near-Infrared Indoor OWC System Architecture -- 2.1.1 Direct LOS Link-Based Indoor OWC Systems -- 2.1.2 Diffusive Link-Based Indoor OWC Systems -- 2.2 Near-Infrared Indoor OWC System Modeling -- 2.2.1 OWC Transmitter -- 2.2.2 OWC Receiver -- 2.2.3 OWC Free-Space Channel -- 2.3 High-Speed Near-Infrared Indoor OWC System Example -- 2.3.1 High-Speed Near-Infrared Indoor OWC System Structure -- 2.3.2 High-Speed Near-Infrared Indoor OWC System Operation Principle -- 2.3.3 High-Speed Near-Infrared Indoor OWC System Model -- 2.3.4 High-Speed Near-Infrared Indoor OWC System Simulation and Analysis

2.3.5 High-Speed Near-Infrared Indoor OWC System Demonstration -- 2.4 Background Light in Indoor OWC Systems -- 2.5 Conclusions -- References -- 3: Spatial Diversity Techniques in Near-Infrared Indoor Optical Wireless Communication (OWC) Systems -- 3.1 Spatial Diversity Techniques in Indoor OWC Systems -- 3.2 High-Speed Indoor OWC System with Transmitter Diversity -- 3.2.1 Repetition Coded Indoor OWC System -- 3.2.2 Space-Time Coded Indoor OWC System -- 3.3 Comparison of STBC- and RC-Based High-Speed Indoor OWC System -- 3.4 Delay-Tolerant High-Speed Indoor OWC System with Transmitter Diversity

3.5 Conclusions -- References -- 4: Wavelength Multiplexing and Multi-User Access in Near- Infrared Indoor Optical Wireless Communication Systems -- 4.1 Indoor OWC Systems with WDM -- 4.2 FDMA-, CDMA- and TDMA-Based Multi-User Access in Indoor OWC Systems -- 4.3 TSC-Based Multi-User Access in Indoor OWC Systems -- 4.3.1 Time-Slot-Coding-Based Multi-User Access in Indoor OWC Systems -- 4.3.2 Adaptive Loading-Based Time-Slot Coding for Multi-User Access -- 4.3.3 TSC Code Misalignment Tolerance -- 4.4 Conclusions -- References

5: Photonic Integrations of Near-Infrared Indoor Optical Wireless Communications -- 5.1 Introduction of Photonic Integrations -- 5.2 Silicon Photonic Integrated Passive Devices -- 5.2.1 Silicon Waveguides -- 5.2.2 Silicon Integrated Polarization Splitter and Rotator -- 5.2.3 Silicon Integrated Optical Filters -- 5.2.4 Silicon Integrated Optical Power Splitters -- 5.3 Silicon Photonic Integrated Active Devices -- 5.3.1 Silicon Integrated Optical Modulators -- 5.3.2 Silicon Integrated Photodetectors -- 5.4 Silicon Photonic Integrations for Indoor OWC Systems

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