The new edition of this popular textbook keeps its structure, introducing the advanced topics of: (i) wireless communications, (ii) free-space optical (FSO) communications, (iii) indoor optical wireless (IR) communications, and (iv) fiber-optics communications, but thoroughly updates the content for new technologies and practical applications. The author presents fundamental concepts, such as propagation principles, modulation formats, channel coding, diversity principles, MIMO signal processing, multicarrier modulation, equalization, adaptive modulation and coding, detection principles, and software defined transmission, first describing them and then following up with a detailed look at each particular system. The book is self-contained and structured to provide straightforward guidance to readers looking to capture fundamentals and gain theoretical and practical knowledge about wireless communications, free-space optical communications, and fiber-optics communications, all whichcan be readily applied in studies, research, and practical applications. The textbook is intended for an upper undergraduate or graduate level courses in fiber-optics communication, wireless communication, and free-space optical communication problems, an appendix with all background material needed, and homework problems. In the second edition, in addition to the existing chapters being updated and problems being inserted, one new chapter has been added, related to the physical-layer security thus covering both security and reliability issues. New material on 5G and 6G technologies has been added in corresponding chapters.
Ivan B. Djordjevic received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Nis, Yugoslavia, in 1999. He held appointments with the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England in U.K., Tyco Telecommunications in USA, the National Technical University of Athens in Greece, and State Telecommunication Company in Yugoslavia. He is currently a Professor of electrical and computer engineering and optical sciences with The University of Arizona, the Director of the Optical Communications Systems Laboratory (OCSL) and the Quantum Communications (QuCom) Laboratory, and the Co-Director of the Signal Processing and Coding Laboratory. He has authored or coauthored ten books, and more than 550 journal and conference publications and holds 54 U.S. patents. Dr. Djordjevic is an IEEE Fellow and Optica (formerly OSA) Fellow. Dr. Djordjevic serves as an Area Editor/Associate Editor/Member of Editorial Board for the following journals: IEEE Transactions on Communications, OSA (Optica)/IEEE Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Optical and Quantum Electronics, and Frequenz. He was serving as editor/senior editor/area editor of IEEE Communications Letters from 2012 to 2021. He was serving as editorial board member/associate editor for IOP Journal of Optics and Elsevier Physical Communication Journal both from to 2016 to 2021.
