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) …

A comprehensive survey on hybrid wireless networks: practical considerations, challenges, applications and research directions

SAH Mohsan, H Amjad - Optical and Quantum Electronics, 2021 - Springer
Wireless communication refers to data transfer in an unguided propagation medium through
wireless carriers such as visible light (VL) and radio frequency (RF). The rapidly growing …

Wireless and optical convergent access technologies toward 6G

HRD Filgueiras, ES Lima, MSB Cunha… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The sixth generation of mobile communication (6G) systems is recently rising a lot of interest,
introducing new futuristic and challenging use cases that will demand much more than just …

Non-standalone 5G NR fiber-wireless system using FSO and fiber-optics fronthauls

CHS Lopes, ES Lima, LAM Pereira… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The fifth-generation of mobile networks (5G) claims for a radio access network (RAN) update
in order to support the enormous incoming wireless data traffic. In this context, we …

Free-space terabit optical interconnects

MA Fernandes, PP Monteiro… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The continuous growth of Internet data traffic is progressively increasing the pressure over
wireless access technologies. To overcome the imminent bandwidth bottleneck, free-space …

Adaptive probabilistic shaped modulation for high-capacity free-space optical links

FP Guiomar, A Lorences-Riesgo, D Ranzal… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Infrared free-space optics (FSO) provide an attractive solution for ultra-high-capacity
wireless communications. However, the full potential of FSO is still being hindered by the …

Integrated optical frequency comb for 5G NR Xhauls

ES Lima, RM Borges, N Andriolli, E Conforti… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
We experimentally demonstrate the use of optical frequency combs (OFCs), generated by a
photonic integrated circuit (PIC), in a flexible optical distribution network based on fiber …

Intelligent Network Selection Algorithm for Multiservice Users in 5G Heterogeneous Network System: Nash Q-Learning Method

M Ma, A Zhu, S Guo, Y Yang - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The 5G heterogeneous network architecture integrates different radio access technologies
(RATs), which will support the large-scale communication connection of massive Internet-of …

Enriching capacity and transmission of hybrid WDM-FSO link for 5G mobility

Y Shi, A Armghan, F Ali, K Aliqab, M Alsharari - Photonics, 2023 - mdpi.com
A dramatic increase in user and capacity demands has been noted after the COVID-19
pandemic. These challenges have damaged the 5G communication system mobility …

Integrating optical and wireless techniques towards novel fronthaul and access architectures in a 5G NR framework

RM Borges, CH de Souza Lopes, ES Lima… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The fifth-generation of mobile network (5G) and beyond requires a radio access network
(RAN) update in order to cope with the incoming increase of wireless data traffic and new …