Title :
Guest editorial: optical wireless communications
Author :
Karagiannidis, G.K. ; Arnon, Shlomi ; Barry, John R. ; Schober, Robert ; Uysal, Mustafa
Author_Institution :
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
fDate :
12/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Over the last two decades, wireless communications has gained enormous popularity, offering attractive options for many personal and organizational communication needs due to major intrinsic characteristics such as flexibility, cost effectiveness, and mobility.
Keywords :
Optical attenuators; Optical losses; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Wireless communication;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
DOI :
10.1109/JSAC.2009.091201
