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 …

Visible light communications in heterogeneous networks: Paving the way for user-centric design

R Zhang, J Wang, Z Wang, Z Xu… - IEEE wireless …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
At the time of this writing, there is substantial research interest in the subject of visible light
communications (VLC) owing to its ability to offer significant traffic offloading potential in …

Visible light communications: demand factors, benefits and opportunities [Guest Editorial]

N Chi, H Haas, M Kavehrad, TD Little… - IEEE Wireless …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Visible light communications (VLC) is an emerging field of optical communications that
focuses on the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans can see. Much existing …

VLC: Beyond point-to-point communication

H Burchardt, N Serafimovski, D Tsonev… - IEEE …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the large growth of mobile communications over the past two decades, cellular
systems have resorted to fuller and denser reuse of bandwidth to cope with the growing …

Toward practical integration of dual-use VLC within 5G networks

MB Rahaim, TDC Little - IEEE Wireless Communications, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Visible light communication (VLC), a form of indoor optical wireless access, has the potential
to be an integral part of 5G networks due to the massive available spectrum in the visible …

[HTML][HTML] High-speed visible light communications: Enabling technologies and state of the art

R Ji, S Wang, Q Liu, W Lu - Applied Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
In the nearest decades, the rapidly increasing demand of wireless connectivity has resulted
in the ubiquitous deployment of wireless systems as well as heavily congested wireless …

Multi-user visible light communications: State-of-the-art and future directions

S Al-Ahmadi, O Maraqa, M Uysal, SM Sait - Ieee Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Visible light communications (VLC) builds upon the dual use of existing lighting
infrastructure for wireless data transmission. VLC has recently gained interest as cost …

[PDF][PDF] Visible light communications towards 5G

S Zvanovec, P Chvojka, PA Haigh, Z Ghassemlooy - Radioengineering, 2015 - core.ac.uk
5G networks have to offer extremely high capacity for novel streaming applications. One of
the most promising approaches is to embed large numbers of cooperating small cells into …

Visible light communication in 6G: Advances, challenges, and prospects

N Chi, Y Zhou, Y Wei, F Hu - IEEE Vehicular Technology …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
6G networks are expected to provide extremely high capacity and satisfy emerging
applications, but current frequency bands may not be sufficient. Moreover, 6G will provide …

Visible light communications for 5G wireless networking systems: from fixed to mobile communications

S Wu, H Wang, CH Youn - Ieee Network, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Visible light communication, considered as a potential access option for 5G wireless
communications, is gaining extensive attention. VLC has strengths in energy efficiency and …