Progress and Prospects in Visible Light Communications
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Communication and Network".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 44
Special Issue Editors
Interests: visible light communication; optical wireless networks
Interests: optical information processing; 3D displays
Interests: artificial intelligence-enabling wireless networks; UAV communications in 5G and beyond networks; intelligent mobile edge computing; signal processing for wireless communications
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Dear Colleagues,
Visible Light Communication (VLC) technology offers high data rates and security benefits but faces challenges in terms of coverage, interference, and integration with existing systems. Research in this area is ongoing, focusing on improving modulation, network design, and standards to make VLC more practical and widely adopted. Protocols and architectures for VLC networks have been actively developed in recent years. Because of the highly dynamic changes in VLC links, there are urgent requirements for the development of transmitters, receivers, and digital signal processing for VLC. Additionally, VLC will interact with WiFi, cellular networks, and other communication technologies, bringing innovative applications and value experience to the Internet of Things, smart cities and homes, indoor navigation, underground operations, and other application fields. Hence, we launched this Special Issue to discuss recent advances and progress in VLC, aiming to further stimulate future advancements in this emerging field.
The objectives of this Special Issue are to report on advances in visible-light communications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- VLC applications;
- Network architecture for VLC systems;
- Underwater Visible Light Communication (UVLC);
- Vehicular Visible Light Communication (V-VLC);
- Indoor Visible Light Positioning (VLP);
- VLC transceiver design;
- Modulation techniques for VLC systems;
- Energy efficiency in VLC;
- Hybrid RF/VLC systems.
Prof. Dr. Liwei Yang
Prof. Dr. Binbin Yan
Prof. Dr. Tiankui Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- visible light communication (VLC)
- underwater visible light communication (UVLC)
- vehicular visible light communication (V-VLC)
- visible light positioning (VLP)
- modulation techniques
- energy efficiency
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