Optical communication in transportation systems including related microwave issues / Otto Strobel, Jan Lubkoll, Daniel Seibl -- Communication systems in automotive systems / Piet De Pauw -- Physical layer implementations of communication standards in automotive systems / Piet De Pauw -- Modeling of polymer optical fibers / Javier Mateo, Ángeles Losada, Alicia López -- FlexRayTM electrical physical layer: theory, components, and examples / Jürgen Minuth -- Transmission lines for serial communication: theory and practice / Jürgen Minuth -- Optical wireless communications in vehicular systems / Matthew Higgins ... [et al.] -- Resilient optical transport networks / Yousef S. Kavian, Bin Wang -- Radio over fiber access networks for broadband wireless communications / Joaquín Beas ... [et al.] -- WLAN systems for communication in transportation systems: towards the benefits of a cooperative vehicular approach / Riccardo Scopigno -- Communication networks to connect moving vehicles to transportation systems to infrastructure / Kira Kastell -- Seamless communication to mobile devices in vehicular wireless networks / Kira Kastell -- Radiometric speed sensor for vehicles / Vladimir Rastorguev -- Short-range ultrasonic communications in air / Chuan Li, David Hutchins, Roger Green -- Surround sensing for automotive driver assistance systems / Martin Stämpfle.