Ken-ichi Kitayama has been Professor in the Division of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering at Osaka University, Japan, since 1999. He has published over 270 papers in refereed journals and holds more than 40 patents. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a Fellow of IEICE, Japan.

'This book delivers more than its title seems to promise. Rather than simply presenting the key principles of Optical Code Division Multiple Access (OCDMA), it also provides a very useful introduction to optical fiber transmission systems.' K. Alan Shore, Optics and Photonics

• 1. Introduction; Part I: 2. Optical multiple access systems; 3. Light propagation in optical fiber; 4. Fundamental of transmission systems; 5. Enabling techniques; Part II: 6. OCDMA principles; 7. Optical encoding and decoding; 8. Data confidentiality; 9. Testbeds of OCDMA systems and its hybrid systems; 10. Practical aspects.

Ken-ichi Kitayama has been Professor in the Division of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering at Osaka University, Japan, since 1999. He has published over 270 papers in refereed journals and holds more than 40 patents. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a Fellow of IEICE, Japan.

'This book delivers more than its title seems to promise. Rather than simply presenting the key principles of Optical Code Division Multiple Access (OCDMA), it also provides a very useful introduction to optical fiber transmission systems.' K. Alan Shore, Optics and Photonics

• 1. Introduction; Part I: 2. Optical multiple access systems; 3. Light propagation in optical fiber; 4. Fundamental of transmission systems; 5. Enabling techniques; Part II: 6. OCDMA principles; 7. Optical encoding and decoding; 8. Data confidentiality; 9. Testbeds of OCDMA systems and its hybrid systems; 10. Practical aspects.

Ken-ichi Kitayama has been Professor in the Division of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering at Osaka University, Japan, since 1999. He has published over 270 papers in refereed journals and holds more than 40 patents. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a Fellow of IEICE, Japan.

'This book delivers more than its title seems to promise. Rather than simply presenting the key principles of Optical Code Division Multiple Access (OCDMA), it also provides a very useful introduction to optical fiber transmission systems.' K. Alan Shore, Optics and Photonics

• 1. Introduction; Part I: 2. Optical multiple access systems; 3. Light propagation in optical fiber; 4. Fundamental of transmission systems; 5. Enabling techniques; Part II: 6. OCDMA principles; 7. Optical encoding and decoding; 8. Data confidentiality; 9. Testbeds of OCDMA systems and its hybrid systems; 10. Practical aspects.