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Elsevier Optical Communications in the 5G Era 2021 Edition by Xiang Liu
"Optical Communications in the 5G Era provides an up-to-date overview of the emerging optical communication technologies for 5G wireless networks. It outlines the emerging applications of optical networks in supporting future wireless networks, state-of-the-art optical communication technologies, and explores new R&D opportunities in the field of converged fixed-mobile networks. This book is an ideal reference for university researchers, graduate students, and industry R&D engineers in optical communications, photonics, and wireless communications who need a broad and deep understanding of modern optical communication technologies, systems, and networks that are fundamental to 5G and beyond." Table of Contents : 1. Introduction 2. 5G Wireless technologies 3. Optical interfaces for 5G radio access network 4. Optical technologies for 5G X-haul 5. Digital signal processing assisted radio-over-fiber 6. Point-to-multipoint transmission 7. Cloud data center optics 8. High-capacity long-haul optical fiber transmission 9. Superchannel transmission and flexible-grid wavelength routing 10. 50-Gb/s passive optical network (50G-PON) 11. The fifth generation fixed network (F5G)12. Future trends and concluding remarks