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) …

Visible light communication: A system perspective—Overview and challenges

SU Rehman, S Ullah, PHJ Chong, S Yongchareon… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Visible light communication (VLC) is a new paradigm that could revolutionise the future of
wireless communication. In VLC, information is transmitted through modulating the visible …

NOMA-based vlc systems: a comprehensive review

SAH Mohsan, M Sadiq, Y Li, AV Shvetsov… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The enhanced proliferation of connected entities needs a deployment of innovative
technologies for the next generation wireless networks. One of the critical concerns …

Energy efficient cooperative communications in aggregated VLC/RF networks with NOMA

KG Rallis, VK Papanikolaou… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optimizing the energy efficiency (EE) of wireless networks is one of the key priorities in the
design of beyond 5G mobile technologies. In this pursuit, the use of new frequency bands, in …

Hybrid RF/VLC systems: A comprehensive survey on network topologies, performance analyses, applications, and future directions

H Abuella, M Elamassie, M Uysal, Z Xu… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless communications refer to data transmissions in unguided propagation media
through the use of wireless carriers such as radio frequency (RF) and visible light (VL) …

Visible light communication (VLC) for 6G technology: The potency and research challenges

S Ariyanti, M Suryanegara - 2020 Fourth world conference on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper aims to envision the potential use of visible light communications (VLC) for a 6G
technological platform. We have identified the technical aspect of VLC as well as its …

A review–unguided optical communications: Developments, technology evolution, and challenges

AAB Raj, P Krishnan, U Darusalam, G Kaddoum… - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review paper discusses the complete evolution of free-space optical (FSO)
communication, also known as unguided optical communication (UOC) technologies, all the …

A review of cognitive hybrid radio frequency/visible light communication systems for wireless sensor networks

RF Miranda, CH Barriquello, VA Reguera… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The development and growth of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is significantly propelled
by advances in Radio Frequency (RF) and Visible Light Communication (VLC) technologies …

Joint access point assignment and power allocation in multi-tier hybrid RF/VLC HetNets

S Aboagye, TMN Ngatched, OA Dobre… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the joint problem of access point (AP) assignment and power
allocation (PA) in a three-tier hybrid radio frequency/visible light communication (VLC) …

A review of hybrid vlc/rf networks: Features, applications, and future directions

L Bravo Alvarez, S Montejo-Sánchez… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The expectation for communication systems beyond 5G/6G is to provide high reliability, high
throughput, low latency, and high energy efficiency services. The integration between …