"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Introduction to RPoF techniques -- 1.1. Introductory remarks -- 1.2. 5G and 6G frequency bands and spectrum allocations -- 1.3. RPoF and transfer functions -- 1.4. RPoF transmission techniques -- 1.5. EM field sensing -- 1.6. Distortion effects in RPoF -- 1.7. Optical transport guided media -- 1.8. Modulation formats and optical signal generation -- 1.9. Opto-electronic reception : incoherent and self-coherent -- 1.10. Organization of the chapters

2. Multi-carrier radio photonics -- 2.1. Historical remarks -- 2.2. Optical and RF spectra -- 2.3. Optical transmitter -- 2.4. Linear and nonlinear testing methods for RPoF -- 2.5. Reception subsystems -- 2.6. Plasmonic ultra-wideband technology for RPoF EM sensing and transmission -- 2.7. Appendix : ITU grid

3. RPoF long-distance transmission -- 3.1. Introductory remarks : why use single sideband (SSB) and frequency orthogonality for long-haul RPoF? -- 3.2. The generation of a carrier suppression (CS)-SSB -- 3.3. CS-SSB implementation -- 3.4. Mitigation of fiber dispersion by frequency orthogonality modulation for RPoF -- 3.5. Carrier re-injection in SSB modulation for RPoF mitigation of IMD -- 3.6. The noise figure and SFDR of the RPoF link -- 3.7. Dispersion resistant chirp signaling for RPoF -- 3.8. Appendix 3.1 : other DPM-IQM-dual polarization mux-IQ modulators -- 3.9. Appendix 3.2 : RPoF link analyses and design -- 3.10. Appendix 3 : EVM, BER, and SNR relationship

4. Radio-photonic transmission with IF processing and nonlinear suppression -- 4.1. Baseband and RF shifted band reception RPoF -- 4.2. Optical filters for RPoF link pre-processing -- 4.3. Optical filtering in self-coherent RPoF links -- 4.4. Linearization of the RPoF link -- 4.5. Coherent reception and frequency shifting in RPoF -- 4.6. Appendix : basic photonic active and passive components for an RFoF using an IF local oscillator

5. Digital RFoF access transmission technology -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Transmitter : complex signaling by the phasor -- 5.3. Transmission using band limited signaling of DSB-DB-PAM-4 -- 5.4. The single sideband duo-binary PAM-4 (SSB-DB-PAM-4) system -- 5.5. Optical time interleaving for >200 GBd -- 5.6. Tbps super-channel transmission by DSP based coherent QAM -- 5.7. RPoF front-haul networking to antennae sites -- 5.8. Remarks

6. 5G, 6G, and 7G radio-photonic networking : multiple-band radio-photonic antenna testing and networking -- 6.1. The demand for testing of antennae operating in multiple-frequency regions -- 6.2. Generation of a CS-SSB to carry the test signals -- 6.3. CS-SSB generation by modulation in a DD-MZM, QPSK, or PM-IQ modulator -- 6.4. Distribution of multi-radio-photonic carriers in passive optical networking -- 6.5. Multiplexed RPoF up-link -- 6.6. Radio-photonic networks and optical to the antenna -- 6.7. Appendix

7. Electro-photonic RF oscillator -- 7.1. Introductory remarks -- 7.2. EPO type 2 : an integrated external modulation laser EPO -- 7.3. Type 3 : a dual parallel EPO with MZM complementary output ports -- 7.4. EPO type 4 : a self-homodyne reception dual-loop EPO -- 7.5. EPO type 5 : a single sideband carrier suppressed (CS-SSB) external modulation laser (EML) -- 7.6. EPO type 6 : an optical tunable EPO (OTEPO)--a master-slave heterodyne-coherent receiving tunable EPO -- 7.7. Type 7 : an optical polarization modulator-based EPO (OPolM-EPO) -- 7.8. Type 8 : EPO generation integrated in-line of an HMLL -- 7.9. Optical phase lock loop for an EPO

8. SMF and RF transfer function -- 8.1. Introductory remarks -- 8.2. Optical fiber : general properties -- 8.3. Dispersion -- 8.4. Concluding remarks.

This book covers recent technological developments and advanced aspects of optical transmission techniques, focusing on the fundamental mechanics relevant to radiofrequency and optical engineers.

Upper level undergraduate and graduate level students and engineers in electrical engineering, optical engineering, wireless communication, electromagnetics, wireless telecommunications.

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Dr. Le Nguyen Binh received his PhDs in Electronic Engineering and Integrated Photonics from the University of Western Australia in 1978 and 1985. He has more than 45 years of practical and academic experience in the fields of electronics, photonics, and optical communications engineering, and has published 15 books.

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