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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) waves. The rising demand for high data rates, especially, in indoor…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-17 Hisham Abuella , Mohammed Elamassie , Murat Uysal , Zhengyuan Xu , Erchin Serpedin , Khalid A. Qaraqe , Sabit Ekin

Rising data demands are a growing concern globally. The task at hand is to evolve current communication networks to support enhanced data rates while maintaining low latency, energy consumption and costs. To meet the above challenge,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-11 Walter Zibusiso Ncube , Ahmad Adnan Qidan , Taisir El-Gorashi , Jaafar M. H. Elmirghani

Optical wireless communication (OWC) has recently received massive interest as a new technology that can support the enormous data traffic increasing on daily basis. Laser-based OWC networks can provide terabits per second (Tbps) aggregate…

Wireless optical communications (WOC) has carriers up to several hundred terahertz, which offers several advantages, such as ultrawide bandwidth and no electromagnetic interference. Conventional WOC that uses light transmitters such as…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-28 Mingliang Xiong , Qingwen Liu , Gang Wang , Georgios B. Giannakis , Chuan Huang

In contrast to radio frequency (RF), where the modulation bandwidth is restricted by regulations to avoid interference, the available bandwidth in optical wireless communication (OWC) is primarily constrained by system components. To…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-06 Xiaochen Liu , Jean-Paul M. G. Linnartz , Thiago E. B. Cunha

The performance of wireless communication is fundamentally constrained by the limited battery life of wireless devices, whose operations are frequently disrupted due to the need of manual battery replacement/recharging. The recent advance…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Suzhi Bi , Chin Keong Ho , Rui Zhang

Underwater optical wireless communication (UOWC) is becoming an attractive technology for underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSNs) since it offers high-speed communication links. Although UOWC overcomes the drawbacks of acoustic and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-11-14 Rawan Alghamdi , Nasir Saeed , Hayssam Dahrouj , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

The idea of ultra-wideband (UWB) communications for short ranges (up to a few tens of meters) has been around for nearly three decades. However, despite significant efforts by the industry, UWB deployment has not yet reached its predicted…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-10 Brian Nelson , Hussein Moradi , Behrouz Farhang-Boroujeny

Visible light communications (VLC) that use the infrastructure of the indoor illumination system have been envisioned as a compact, safe, and green alternative to WiFi for the downlink of an indoor wireless mobile communication system.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-08-15 Mohammad Noshad , Maite Brandt-Pearce

Optical Wireless Communication (OWC) has gained significant attention due to its high-speed data transmission and throughput. Optical wireless channels are often assumed to be flat, but we evaluate frequency selective channels to consider…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Dianxin Luan , John Thompson

The next 5 th generation (5G) and above ultra-high speed, ultra-low latency, and extremely high reliable communication systems will consist of heterogeneous networks. These heterogeneous networks will consist not only radio frequency (RF)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-06-03 Mostafa Zaman Chowdhury , Moh Khalid Hasan , Md Shahjalal , Md Tanvir Hossan , Yeong Min Jang

Optical wireless communication (OWC) offers several complementary advantages to radio-frequency wireless networks such as its massive available spectrum; hence, it is widely anticipated that OWC will assume a pivotal role in the forthcoming…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-31 Shenjie Huang , Danial Chitnis , Cheng Chen , Harald Haas , Mohammad-Ali Khalighi , Robert K. Henderson , Majid Safari

Optical wireless communication (OWC) leverages the terahertz-scale optical spectrum to enable ultra-fast data transfer, offering a compelling alternative to often-congested radio frequency systems. However, the highly directional nature of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-19 Hongwei Cui , Soung Chang Liew

As wearable devices become more ingrained in our daily lives, traditional communication networks primarily designed for human being-oriented applications are facing tremendous challenges. The upcoming 5G wireless system aims to support…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-07-12 Haijian Sun , Zekun Zhang , Rose Qingyang Hu , Yi Qian

Mobile communication technology has been rapidly evolving ever since its first introduction in the late 1980s. The development witnessed is not just in the refinement of the radio access techniques, but also in the progression towards…

The Metaverse is a digital world that offers an immersive virtual experience. However, the Metaverse applications are bandwidth-hungry and delay-sensitive that require ultrahigh data rates, ultra-low latency, and hyper-intensive…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-23 Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki , Abderrahmen Trichili , Boon S. Ooi , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Wireless communication applications has acquired a vastly increasing range over the past decade. This rapidly increasing demand implies limitations on utilizing wireless resources. One of the most important resources in wireless…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-01 Mohammadreza Mousaei

Recently, Optical wireless communication (OWC) have been considered as a key element in the next generation of wireless communications due to its potential in supporting unprecedented communication speeds. In this paper, infrared lasers…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-20 Ahmad Adnan Qidan , Taisir El-Gorashi , Jaafar M. H. Elmirghani

This paper evaluates the performance of rate splitting (RS), a robust interference management scheme, in an optical wireless communication (OWC) network that uses infrared lasers referred to as vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-07 Khulood D. Alazwary , Ahmad Adnan Qidan , T. E. H. El-Gorashi , Jaafar M. H. Elmirghani

This chapter is devoted to discussing the integration of intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs), or intelligent walls, in optical wireless communication (OWC) systems. IRS technology is a revolutionary concept that enables communication…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-11 Anil Yesilkaya , Hanaa Abumarshoud , Harald Haas