Multiple access design for ultra-dense VLC networks: Orthogonal vs non-orthogonal

S Feng, R Zhang, W Xu, L Hanzo - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Small-cell aided ultra-dense networks (UDNs) constitute an efficient solution to the ever-
increasing thirst for more data. Thanks to the vast untapped high-frequency spectrum of …

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 …

Optical non-orthogonal multiple access for visible light communication

H Marshoud, S Muhaidat, PC Sofotasios… - IEEE Wireless …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The proliferation of mobile Internet and connected devices, offering a variety of services at
different levels of performance, represents a major challenge for the fifth generation of …

Hybrid VLC/RF networks with non-orthogonal multiple access

VK Papanikolaou, PD Diamantoulakis… - 2018 IEEE Global …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, visible light communication (VLC) networks have emerged as a possible
alternative for data access, primarily indoors. The very high data rates, low implementation …

User grouping for hybrid VLC/RF networks with NOMA: A coalitional game approach

VK Papanikolaou, PD Diamantoulakis… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, visible light communication (VLC) networks have emerged as a promising
alternative for indoor data access, due to high data rate, low implementation cost, and …

Users first: User-centric cluster formation for interference-mitigation in visible-light networks

X Li, F Jin, R Zhang, J Wang, Z Xu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Visible light communication (VLC) combined with advanced illumination may be expected to
become an integral part of next-generation heterogeneous networks. In order to mitigate the …

Multiple access techniques for VLC in large space indoor scenarios: A comparative study

MW Eltokhey, MA Khalighi… - 2019 15th International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The growing demand for high speed indoor wireless connectivity is among the driving forces
for data transmission based on visible-light communications (VLC). For relatively large …

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 …

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 …

Hybrid NOMA and ZF pre-coding transmission for multi-cell VLC networks

MW Eltokhey, MA Khalighi, AS Ghazy… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Though visible-light communication (VLC) channels are contained by opaque boundaries,
they present unique challenges in the development of multi-user/multi-cell scenarios. In this …