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Space-division multiplexing (SDM) with multicore fibers (MCFs) is envisioned to overcome the capacity crunch in optical fiber communications. Within these systems, the coupling optics that connect single-mode fibers (SMFs) to MCFs are key…

We suggest a re-examination of the conventional view that hybrid optical-radio frequency (O-RF) systems are primarily diversity-driven networks that switch between RF and optical links for robustness. Instead, we uncover a new architectural…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-01 Menghan Li , Yulin Shao , Runxin Zhang , Lu Lu

Orbital angular momentum (OAM) at radio frequency (RF) provides a novel approach of multiplexing a set of orthogonal modes on the same frequency channel to achieve high spectral efficiencies (SEs). However, the existing research on OAM…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-19 Wen-Xuan Long , Rui Chen , Marco Moretti , Jian Xiong , Jiandong Li

Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM)-based communication systems offer high-capacity multiplexing in line-of-sight (LOS) scenarios; yet, their performance is sensitive to nodal misalignment, which disrupts modal orthogonality, hindering the data…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-27 Poorya Mollahosseini , Yasaman Ghasempour

Millimeter wave (mmWave)-based orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) stands out as a suitable alternative for high-resolution sensing and high-speed data transmission. To meet communication and sensing requirements, many works…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-25 Mamady Delamou , Ahmed Naeem , Huseyin Arslan , El Mehdi Amhoud

Light Fidelity (Li-Fi) is a networked version of optical wireless communication (OWC), which is a strong candidate to fulfill the unprecedented increase in user-traffic expected in the near future. In OWC, a high number of optical access…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-30 Ahmad Adnan Qidan , Taisir El-Gorashi1 , Jaafar M. H. Elmirghani

Optical interconnect is a potential solution to attain the large bandwidth on-chip communications needed in high performance computers in a low power and low cost manner. Mode-division multiplexing (MDM) is an emerging technology that…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2017-08-02 Xinru Wu , Chaoran Huang , Ke Xu , Chester Shu , Hon Ki Tsang

Mode division multiplexing (MDM) in optical fibers enables multichannel capabilities for various applications, including data transmission, quantum networks, imaging, and sensing. However, MDM optical fiber systems, usually necessities…

Optics · Physics 2023-11-10 Kaihang Lu , Zengqi Chen , Hao Chen , Wu Zhou , Zunyue Zhang , Hon Ki Tsang , Yeyu Tong

The emergence of optical intelligent reflecting surface (OIRS) technologies marks a milestone in optical wireless communication (OWC) systems, enabling enhanced control over light propagation in indoor environments. This capability allows…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-08 Jalal Jalali , Hina Tabassum , Jeroen Famaey , Walid Saad , Murat Uysal

Spectral efficiency is a key design issue for all wireless communication systems. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is a very well-known technique for efficient data transmission over many carriers overlapped in frequency.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-03-28 R. G. Clegg , S. Isam , I. Kanaris , I. Darwazeh

Multi-mode fibers (MMFs) and single-mode fibers (SMFs) are widely used in optical communication networks. MMFs are the practical choice in terms of cost in applications that require short distances. Beyond that, SMFs are necessary because…

Optics · Physics 2023-02-22 Oussama Korichi , Markus Hiekkamäki , Robert Fickler

In practical applications to free-space quantum communications, the utilization of active beam coupling and stabilization techniques offers notable advantages, particularly when dealing with limited detecting areas or coupling into…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-07 Dohoon Lim , Dongkyu Kim , Kyungdeuk Park , Dong-Gil Im , Yong Sup Ihn

Optical wireless communication (OWC) has the potential to provide high communication speeds that support the massive use of the Internet that is expected in the near future. In OWC, optical access points (APs) are deployed on the celling to…

The Future wireless communication systems face the challenging task of simultaneously providing high quality of service (QoS) and broadband data transmission, while also minimizing power consumption, latency, and system complexity. Although…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-03 Amina Darghouthi , Abdelhakim Khlifi , Hmaied Shaiek , Fatma Ben Salah , Belgacem Chibani

In this paper, we consider an intensity modulated direct detection MIMO optical wireless communication (OWC) system. For such a system, a novel super-rectangular cover theory is developed to characterize both the unique identifiability and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-07-15 Yan-Yu Zhang , Hong-Yi Yu , Jian-Kang Zhang , Jin-Long Wang

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

Space-division multiplexing (SDM) is one of the key enabling technologies to increase the capacity of fiber communication systems. However, implementing SDM-based systems using multimode fiber has been challenging with the need for compact,…

Optics · Physics 2023-11-08 Wu Zhou , Zunyue Zhang , Hao Chen , Hon Ki Tsang , Yeyu Tong

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

Mode-division multiplexing has shown its ability to significantly increase the capacity of free-space optical communications. An accurate alignment is crucial to enable such links due to possible performance degradation induced by mode…

Optical wireless communication (OWC) is a promising technology anticipated to play a key role in the next-generation network of networks, especially as a complementary technology to traditional radio frequency communications, for enhancing…