A contemporary survey on free space optical communication: Potentials, technical challenges, recent advances and research direction

A Jahid, MH Alsharif, TJ Hall - Journal of network and computer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the unprecedented growth of high speed multimedia services and diversified
applications initiated from the massive connectivity of IoT devices, 5G and beyond 5G (B5G) …

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 …

On optimizing VLC networks for downlink multi-user transmission: A survey

M Obeed, AM Salhab, MS Alouini… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The evolving explosion in high data rate services and applications will soon require the use
of untapped, abundant unregulated spectrum of the visible light for communications to …

[HTML][HTML] A review of hybrid vlc/rf networks: Features, applications, and future directions

L Bravo Alvarez, S Montejo-Sánchez… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The expectation for communication systems beyond 5G/6G is to provide high reliability, high
throughput, low latency, and high energy efficiency services. The integration between …

Reinforcement learning based load balancing for hybrid LiFi WiFi networks

R Ahmad, MD Soltani, M Safari, A Srivastava… - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Light fidelity (LiFi) is an emerging communication technology, which utilizes the light-
emitting diodes (LEDs) for high-speed wireless communications. Due to its huge unlicensed …

A multicriteria decision-making framework for access point selection in hybrid LiFi/WiFi networks using integrated AHP–VIKOR technique

R Badeel, SK Subramaniam, A Muhammed… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Since light fidelity (LiFi) and wireless fidelity (WiFi) do not interfere with one another, a
LiFi/WiFi hybrid network may provide superior performance to existing wireless options. With …

Load balancing for hybrid LiFi and WiFi networks: To tackle user mobility and light-path blockage

X Wu, H Haas - IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Combining the high-speed data transmission of light fidelity (LiFi) and the ubiquitous
coverage of wireless fidelity (WiFi), hybrid LiFi and WiFi networks (HLWNets) are recently …

Evolution of hybrid LiFi–WiFi networks: A survey

T Besjedica, K Fertalj, V Lipovac, I Zakarija - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Given the growing number of devices and their need for internet access, researchers are
focusing on integrating various network technologies. Concerning indoor wireless services …

Prediction-model-assisted reinforcement learning algorithm for handover decision-making in hybrid LiFi and WiFi networks

D Frometa Fonseca, B Genoves Guzman… - Journal of Optical …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
The handover process in hybrid light fidelity (LiFi) and wireless fidelity (WiFi) networks
(HLWNets) is very challenging due to the short area covered by LiFi access points and the …