Radio over Fiber for Wireless Communications / Wiley - IEEE (ePub)

A comprehensive evaluation of Fi-Wi, enabling readers
to design links using channel estimation and equalization
algorithms

This book provides a detailed study of radio over fiber (ROF)
based wireless communication systems, otherwise called fiber
wireless (Fi-Wi) systems. This is an emerging hot topic where the
abundant bandwidth of optical fiber is directly combined with the
flexibility and mobility of wireless networks to provide broadband
connectivity. Its application is increasing because of the
growing demand for broadband wireless services. In such a system
the transmission of the radio signals over a fiber is an important
task. This book provides substantial material on the radio over
fiber part of the complete fiber-wireless system, including new
research results on the compensation methods.

The early chapters provide fundamental knowledge required for a
non-expert engineering professional as well as senior/graduate
level students to learn this topic from scratch. The latter part of
the book covers advanced topics useful for researchers and senior
students. Therefore, this book provides a comprehensive
understanding of the system for readers who will gain enough
knowledge to design Fi-Wi links of their own by learning how to
develop Fi-Wi channel estimation and equalization algorithms. This
concept is completely novel in current literature and has been
patented by the author.

Readers are expected to have a basic understanding of fiber
optics and wireless communications to easily follow the book and to
appreciate the concepts. Basics of the Fi-Wi system and signal
processing approaches are clearly explained. It covers a
multidisciplinary topic and acts as a bridge between optical and
wireless communication domains. In the increasingly demanding
telecommunications profession, engineers are expected to have
knowledge in both optical and wireless communications and expected
design combined/hybrid systems. Hence, the book is written in such
a way that both optical and wireless professionals will be able to
easily understand and perceive the concepts.

* follows a logical process from basic principles through to
advanced topics, providing a wide range of interest for
researchers, practicing engineers, students, and those required to
build such networks

* explains detailed system design concepts and the limitations
and advantages in each configuration, appealing to design
engineers, and largely avoiding system specifics

* demonstrates the author's exclusive patent, showing how
to develop baseband signal processing algorithms for Fi-Wi systems,
which is a key requirement for the successful deployment of Fi-Wi
systems

* contains tables, numerical examples and case studies,
facilitating a good quantitative understanding of the topic