Optical Wireless Communication in 5G and Beyond

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is gathering recent research and developments to overcome the existing challenges in “Optical Wireless Communication in 5G and Beyond”.

Optical wireless communications is a promising technology covering high-data rates in 5G and beyond with extensive connectivity. Due to its relative superiorities, such as low power consumption, improved capacity, inherent security, simplicity of deployment, decreased time-to-market, low-mass equipment, license-free operation, and exemption to electromagnetic interference, it can be an alternative and/or complementary technology to its RF counterparts. Hence, there have been remarkable technological developments in optical communications to guarantee an exceptional quality of service.

Here, we broadly cover the main perspectives of such systems, including (i) the fundamental principles, (ii) devices and networks, (iii) modulation approaches, and (iv) channel models and system performance analysis. In addition, this Special Issue deals with various drawbacks encountered in optical wireless communications, along with planning feasible solutions and recent research trends. It aims to offer an in-depth discussion of the 5G and Beyond applications. In view of this, prospective authors are invited to present their research findings on perspectives for network requirements and transmission techniques that are obligatory to improve the efficiency of future optical wireless communications. Original research articles and reviews are welcome for submission. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Optical wireless-based communication technologies;
• Hybrid architecture and network systems;
• Optical sources and detectors;
• Optical links for space applications;
• Indoor and outdoor optical wireless communication channel modeling;
• Modulation schemes;
• Innovative photonic devices and components;
• Mm-wave and MIMO architectures;
• Transceiver design/optimization;
• Terahertz bands.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Mohammad Alibakhshikenari
Dr. Chen Chen
Dr. Lida Kouhalvandi
Guest Editors

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