Optical Wireless Communications

Course Objectives:

To develop fundamental design and analysis techniques necessary for understanding and working with optical wireless communication systems.

Course Description:

This course is a graduate-level course in optical wireless communications.  Functions and interdependence of various components of optical wireless communication systems will be discussed.  Statistical channel modeling, modulation and demodulation techniques, receiver design, performance analysis techniques will be covered in this course.

Course Requirements: 

  Homework  10%

  Midterm  35%

  Final exam  40%

  Project   15%

Reference Text:

Z. Ghassemlooy, W. Popoola, and S. Rajbhandari, Optical Wireless Communications: System and Channel Modelling with MATLAB, 2nd ed., CRC Press, 2019.

Course Outline:

• Introduction: Optical Wireless Communication (OWC) Systems

• Optical Sources and Detectors

• Channel Modelling

• Modulation Techniques

• Visible Light Communications Systems

• Free Space Optical Communications 

• Underwater  Optical Communications

• Optical Satellite Communications

• OptiSystem Simulator