The commercial fifth-generation (5G) wireless communications networks have already been
deployed with the aim of providing high data rates. However, the rapid growth in the number …

Visible Light Communications (VLC) is becoming a mature communication technology,
particularly for indoor usage. The application in outdoor environments is especially …

In recent years, underwater visible light communication (UVLC) has become a potential
wireless carrier candidate for signal transmission in highly critical, unknown, and …

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) …

Underwater wireless information transfer is of great interest to the military, industry, and the
scientific community, as it plays an important role in tactical surveillance, pollution …

Underwater wireless communications can be carried out through acoustic, radio frequency
(RF), and optical waves. Compared to its bandwidth limited acoustic and RF counterparts …

The solid-state lighting is revolutionizing the indoor illumination. Current incandescent and
fluorescent lamps are being replaced by the LEDs at a rapid pace. Apart from extremely high …

We consider detection based on deep learning, and show it is possible to train detectors that
perform well without any knowledge of the underlying channel models. Moreover, when the …

Optical wireless communication (OWC) refers to transmission in unguided propagation
media through the use of optical carriers, ie, visible, infrared (IR), and ultraviolet (UV) bands …

This paper presents a comprehensive survey on acquisition, tracking, and pointing (ATP)
mechanisms used in free-space optical (FSO) communications systems. ATP mechanisms …