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To design an efficient interference management and multiple access scheme for visible light communication (VLC) network, this letter leverages the non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), which has received significant attention in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-10-25 Xiaoke Zhang , Qian Gao , Chen Gong , Zhengyuan Xu

This paper reports a detailed experimental characterization of optical performances of Visible Light Communication (VLC) system using a real traffic light for ultra-low latency, infrastructure-to-vehicle (I2V) communications for intelligent…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-03 M. Seminara , T. Nawaz , S. Caputo , L. Mucchi , J. Catani

Visible light communication (VLC) backscatter has been proposed as a wireless access option for Internet of Things (IoT). However, the throughput of the state-of-the-art VLC backscatter is limited by simple single-carrier pulsed modulation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-05 Sihua Shao , Abdallah Khreishah , Hany Elgala

Sparse code multiple access (SCMA), as a code-domain non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) scheme, has received considerable research attention for enabling massive connectivity in future wireless communication systems. In this paper, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-11 Saumya Chaturvedi , Dil Nashin Anwar , Vivek Ashok Bohara , Anand Srivastava , Zilong Liu

The low-pass characteristics of front-end elements including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and photodiodes (PDs) limit the transmission data rate of visible light communication (VLC) and Light Fidelity (LiFi) systems. Using multiplexing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-21 Cheng Chen , Shenjie Huang , Iman Tavakkolnia , Majid Safari , Harald Haas

The design of a wireless communication system that can support multiple users at high data rates inside an aircraft is a key requirement of aircraft manufacturers. This paper examines the design of an on-board visible light communication…

Light Fidelity (LiFi) has emerged as a promising wireless technology that exploits the vast unlicensed optical spectrum to complement radio frequency networks. Recent advances in laser-based transmitters, particularly vertical-cavity…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-12 Hossein Safi , Iman Tavakkolnia , Harald Haas

Multi-color visible light communication (VLC) can increase throughput and enable joint lighting and communication operation, but practical color-based schemes such as color shift keying (CSK) typically rely on receiver optical filters whose…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-02 Idris Cinemre , Serkan Vela , Gokce Hacioglu

Visible Light Communication (VLC) technology using light emitting diodes (LEDs) has been gaining increasing attention in recent years as it is appealing for a wide range of applications such as indoor positioning. Orthogonal frequency…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-05-08 Mohammadreza Aminikashani , Wenjun Gu , Mohsen Kavehrad

Limited radio frequency (RF) resources restrict the number of users that can participate in federated learning (FL) thus affecting FL convergence speed and performance. In this paper, we first introduce visible light communication (VLC) as…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-08 Chuanhong Liu , Caili Guo , Yang Yang , Mingzhe Chen , H. Vincent Poor , Shuguang Cui

Visible light communication (VLC) could provide short-range optical wireless communication together with illumination using LED lighting. However, conventional forward error correction (FEC) codes for reliable communication do not have the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-18 Junbin Fang , Zhen Che , Xiaolong Yu , Zhe Chen , Zoe L. Jiang , Siu-Ming Yiu , Kui Ren , Xiaoqing Tan

One of the areas in which wireless networks based on visible light communication (VLC) are considered superior to traditional radio-based communication is security. The common slogan summarizing VLC security features is: WYSIWYS - "What You…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-08-26 Grzegorz Blinowski

Visible Light Communication (VLC) using Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) has gained attention due to its low power consumption, long lifetime, and fast response. However, VLC suffers from optical noise generated by ambient light sources such as…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-23 Wataru Uemura , Takumi Hamano

This study evaluates the performance of Vehicle-to-Vehicle Visible Light Communication in dynamic environments, focusing on the effects of speed, horizontal offset, and other factors on communication reliability. Using On-Off Keying…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-06 Jinrui Hong , Xiayue Liu , Hanye Li , Yufei Jiang

In this paper, we consider the problem of constellation design for a visible light communication (VLC) system using red/green/blue light-emitting diodes (RGB LED), and propose a method termed DC-informative joint color-frequency modulation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-23 Qian Gao , Rui Wang , Zhengyuan Xu , Yingbo Hua

The main limitation of visible light communication (VLC) is the narrow modulation bandwidth, which reduces the achievable data rates. In this paper, we apply the non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) scheme to enhance the achievable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-12-01 Hanaa Marshoud , Vasileios M. Kapinas , George K. Karagiannidis , Sami Muhaidat

Powerline communication (PLC) provides inexpensive, secure and high speed network connectivity, by leveraging the existing power distribution networks inside the buildings. While PLC technology has the potential to improve connectivity and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-08-31 Kamran Ali , Ioannis Pefkianakis , Alex X. Liu , Kyu-Han Kim

This paper addresses the robust beamforming design for rate splitting multiple access (RSMA)-aided visible light communication (VLC) networks with imperfect channel state information at the transmitter (CSIT). In particular, we first derive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-28 Zhengqing Qiu , Yijie Mao , Shuai Ma , Bruno Clerckx

Visible Light Communication (VLC) using light emitting diodes (LEDs) has been gaining increasing attention in recent years as it is appealing for a wide range of applications such as indoor positioning. Orthogonal frequency division…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-26 Mohammadreza Aminikashani , Wenjun Gu , Mohsen Kavehrad

In this paper, we focus on the optimal beamformer design for rate splitting multiple access (RSMA)-aided multipleinput single-output (MISO) visible light communication (VLC) networks. First, we derive the closed-form lower bounds of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-03 Shuai Ma , Guanjie Zhang , Zhi Zhang , Rongyan Gu