TY - CHAP AU - Antonio García-Zambrana AU - Carmen Castillo-Vázquez AU - Beatriz Castillo-Vázquez ED - Narottam Das Y1 - 2012-10-03 PY - 2012 T1 - Rate-Adaptive Free-Space Optical Links Over Atmospheric Turbulence and Misalignment Fading Channels N2 - Optical communication is very much useful in telecommunication systems, data processing and networking. It consists of a transmitter that encodes a message into an optical signal, a channel that carries the signal to its desired destination, and a receiver that reproduces the message from the received optical signal. It presents up to date results on communication systems, along with the explanations of their relevance, from leading researchers in this field. The chapters cover general concepts of optical communication, components, systems, networks, signal processing and MIMO systems. In recent years, optical components and other enhanced signal processing functions are also considered in depth for optical communications systems. The researcher has also concentrated on optical devices, networking, signal processing, and MIMO systems and other enhanced functions for optical communication. This book is targeted at research, development and design engineers from the teams in manufacturing industry, academia and telecommunication industries. BT - Optical Communication SP - Ch. 13 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/45783 DO - 10.5772/45783 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -