Optical wireless hybrid networks: Trends, opportunities, challenges, and research directions

MZ Chowdhury, MK Hasan, M Shahjalal… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optical wireless communication (OWC) is an excellent complementary solution to its radio
frequency (RF) counterpart. OWC technologies have been demonstrated to be able to …

Hybrid LiFi and WiFi networks: A survey

X Wu, MD Soltani, L Zhou, M Safari… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to tackle the rapidly growing number of mobile devices and their expanding
demands for Internet services, network convergence is envisaged to integrate different …

Visible light communication: A system perspective—Overview and challenges

SU Rehman, S Ullah, PHJ Chong, S Yongchareon… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Visible light communication (VLC) is a new paradigm that could revolutionise the future of
wireless communication. In VLC, information is transmitted through modulating the visible …

Coexistence of WiFi and LiFi toward 5G: concepts, opportunities, and challenges

M Ayyash, H Elgala, A Khreishah… - IEEE …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Smart phones, tablets, and the rise of the Internet of Things are driving an insatiable demand
for wireless capacity. This demand requires networking and Internet infrastructures to evolve …

InGaN micro‐LED array enabled advanced underwater wireless optical communication and underwater charging

R Lin, X Liu, G Zhou, Z Qian, X Cui… - Advanced optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, the underwater applications of micro‐LED (light‐emitting diode) in light
emission, optical detection, and solar cell are demonstrated. Based on a high‐bandwidth …

Wireless and optical convergent access technologies toward 6G

HRD Filgueiras, ES Lima, MSB Cunha… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The sixth generation of mobile communication (6G) systems is recently rising a lot of interest,
introducing new futuristic and challenging use cases that will demand much more than just …

Indoor visible light communication: A tutorial and survey

GA Mapunda, R Ramogomana… - Wireless …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
With the advancement of solid‐state devices for lighting, illumination is on the verge of being
completely restructured. This revolution comes with numerous advantages and viable …

Applying VLC in 5G networks: Architectures and key technologies

L Feng, RQ Hu, J Wang, P Xu, Y Qian - Ieee Network, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Visible light communication has gained tremendous attention recently and has become a
favorable complementary technology to millimeter-wave communication in short-range …

Visible light communications for industrial applications—Challenges and potentials

Y Almadani, D Plets, S Bastiaens, W Joseph, M Ijaz… - Electronics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Visible Light Communication (VLC) is a short-range optical wireless communication
technology that has been gaining attention due to its potential to offload heavy data traffic …

Energy efficient cooperative communications in aggregated VLC/RF networks with NOMA

KG Rallis, VK Papanikolaou… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optimizing the energy efficiency (EE) of wireless networks is one of the key priorities in the
design of beyond 5G mobile technologies. In this pursuit, the use of new frequency bands, in …