New Advances in Optical Wireless Communication, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Optical wireless communication (OWC) is a crucial research emphasis in the development of next-generation data acquisition and transmission strategies, with significant applications in both free-space and underwater scenarios. However, current OWC systems encounter many challenges from both technical and engineering perspectives. These challenges are exacerbated by the rapid growth of terminal devices and data traffic, higher transmission security requirements, increased density and diversity of link obstructions, etc. Moreover, satellite-to-ground OWC, a popular deployment, must consider the issues of turbulence, misalignment, and beam wander. Therefore, novel advances in OWC are urgently needed.

This Special Issue invites authors working in relevant fields to submit manuscripts that introduce recent advances in optical wireless communication. Papers of all types are welcome, whether theoretical, numerical, or experimental. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Design of visible-light/infra-red/ultra-violet OWC systems;
• Estimations and modeling for free-space/indoor/underwater OWC channels;
• Optical wireless signal processing;
• Code and modulation schemes in OWC systems;
• Micro-LED-array-based optical transmitters;
• Photon-counting detection;
• Power control and resource allocation in OWC systems;
• High-rate and energy-efficient OWC techniques;
• Physical-layer security in OWC systems;
• Massive and random-access OWC networks;
• Optical intelligent reflecting surfaces;
• Signal compensation under turbulence, beam misalignment, beam wander, etc.

Dr. Xiaolin Zhou
Guest Editor

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