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Visible Light Communication (VLC) is an emerging wireless data transmission technology. Light is used simultaneously for illumination as well as for communication and/or positioning purposes. If fully networked, dubbed Li-Fi, VLC systems complement Wi-Fi access points. VLC is an incident of optical wireless communications (OWC). OWC systems provide high data security, are license-free, and may substitute radio systems when these either fail or are not permitted. VLC technology enhances smart lighting infrastructure and Internet-of-Things (IoT) use cases. LED-based Car-to-X communication is an enabling platform towards autonomous driving.

The textbook covers OWC applications, fundamentals of illumination engineering, channel modeling, optical intensity modulation schemes, VLC standardization efforts, the software-defined radio concept, selection criteria of photonic devices, fundamental circuit designs, and visible light positioning.

The book is written for students in electrical and information engineering or adjacent areas, as well as for engineers, information scientists, and physicists in research and development.

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1. Introduction
2. Fundamentals of Illumination Engineering
3. VLC and IR/UV Channel Modeling
4. Modulation Schemes for Optical Wireless Communications
5. Optical Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) Techniques
6. OWC Standardization
7. Software-Defined Radio Concept and its Applications in OWC
8. Photonic Devices and High-Speed Ampflifiers
9. Circuit Design Rules for OWC Transmitters and Receivers
10. Selected VLC and FSO Applications
11. Optical Rangefinding and Visible Light Positioning

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Prof. Dr. Peter A. Hoeher, Fellow of the IEEE, is a Full Professor of electrical and information engineering at Kiel University, Kiel, Germany. His research interests are in the area of wireless communication.

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