Recent Advances in Visible Light Communication and Optical Wireless Information Systems

Dear Colleagues,

As emerging and promising candidates for 6G, visible light communications and other emerging wireless optical techniques are earning increasing attention and investigation from both the wireless communication and the optical communication communities. These various and distinct hybrid techniques open novel research opportunities for numerous application scenarios, including but not limited to indoor wireless communications, indoor positioning and sensing, wireless backhaul, vehicular applications, underwater wireless applications, satellite applications, underground wireless applications, high-speed train applications, healthcare wireless applications, retro reflection communications applications, unmanned aerial vehicular wireless applications, and other developing fields.

The aim of this Special Issue is to bring together the research accomplishments provided by researchers from academia and industry. The main goal is to show the latest research works in the field of visible light communications and positioning as well as hybrid optical wireless techniques, especially for empowering 6G development. We encourage prospective authors to submit related research papers on the following subjects: emerging wireless optical communications; visible light communications, positioning and sensing; hybrid optical wireless; free-space optics; radio over fiber; THz communications; and B5G/6G.

Dr. Jupeng Ding
Guest Editor

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