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 guide to wireless networking by light

H Haas, C Chen, D O'Brien - Progress in Quantum Electronics, 2017 - Elsevier
The lack of wireless spectrum in the radio frequency bands has led to a rapid growth in
research in wireless networking using light, known as LiFi (light fidelity). In this paper an …

A survey of energy-efficient techniques for 5G networks and challenges ahead

S Buzzi, I Chih-Lin, TE Klein, HV Poor… - IEEE Journal on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
After about a decade of intense research, spurred by both economic and operational
considerations, and by environmental concerns, energy efficiency has now become a key …

Energy efficient subchannel and power allocation for software-defined heterogeneous VLC and RF networks

H Zhang, N Liu, K Long, J Cheng… - IEEE Journal on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Visible light communication (VLC) is considered as a promising candidate to improve the
performance of indoor communication as the complement of wireless radio frequency (RF) …

Joint optimization of power allocation and load balancing for hybrid VLC/RF networks

M Obeed, AM Salhab, SA Zummo… - Journal of Optical …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we propose and study a new joint load balancing (LB) and power allocation
(PA) scheme for a hybrid visible light communication (VLC) and radio frequency (RF) system …

User pairing, link selection, and power allocation for cooperative NOMA hybrid VLC/RF systems

M Obeed, H Dahrouj, AM Salhab… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite the promising high-data rate features of visible light communications (VLC), they still
suffer from unbalanced services due to blockages and channel fluctuation among users …

Joint user association and power allocation for cell-free visible light communication networks

R Jiang, Q Wang, H Haas… - IEEE Journal on Selected …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As a complementary technology for conventional radio frequency communication, visible
light communication (VLC) is a potential form of the optical wireless communication, which …

[HTML][HTML] Green indoor optical wireless communication systems: Pathway towards pervasive deployment

C Jenila, RK Jeyachitra - Digital Communications and Networks, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Optical Wireless Communication (OWC) offers the high capacity of optical fiber
communication with the flexibility of wireless communication. Since it works in the optical …

Optimization of visible-light optical wireless systems: Network-centric versus user-centric designs

X Li, R Zhang, L Hanzo - IEEE Communications Surveys & …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to counteract the explosive escalation of wireless tele-traffic, the communication
spectrum has been gradually expanded from the conventional radio frequency (RF) band to …

Joint power allocation for the multi-user NOMA-downlink in a power-line-fed VLC network

S Feng, T Bai, L Hanzo - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Visible light communications (VLC) constitute as a promising downlink technique of
supporting the ever-increasing tele-traffic. Since the ubiquitous mains power line constitutes …