Recent Trends in AI-Enabled Optical Wireless Communication
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 69
Special Issue Editors
Interests: optical wireless communications; IoT sensor networks and applications
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Interests: optical wireless communications; IoT sensor networks and applications
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Optical wireless communication is evolving from a connectivity solution into a broader sensing and intelligence platform for smart cities and smart infrastructure. By exploiting visible, infrared, and camera-based optical links, these systems can support high-capacity data transmission, localization, and environmental awareness and low-interference operation in scenarios such as intelligent transport, connected buildings, industrial facilities, public spaces, and critical infrastructure. Building on the strong interest already shown in Sensors for visible light communication, networking, and sensing, this Special Issue will focus on how artificial intelligence can be used to make optical wireless systems more adaptive, reliable, efficient, and context-aware. Relevant topics include the following:
- AI-assisted modulation and coding;
- Channel estimation;
- Resource allocation;
- Edge intelligence;
- Optical sensing fusion;
- Positioning;
- Anomaly detection;
- Real-world applications in urban and infrastructure environments;
- Zero-energy strategies;
- 5G/6G network integration;
- Smart cities;
- Smart infrastructure.
Dr. Julio Rufo
Prof. Dr. Jose Alberto Rabadan Borges
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- optical wireless communication
- smart cities
- smart infrastructure
- intelligent sensor networks
- localization and positioning
- edge processing
- neuromorphic computing
- semantic communications
- smart cities
- smart infrastructure
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