Hybrid RF/VLC systems: A comprehensive survey on network topologies, performance analyses, applications, and future directions

Name: Hybrid RF/VLC systems: A comprehensive survey on network topologies, performance analyses, applications, and future directions
Author: Abuella, H., Elamassie, Mohammed, Uysal, Murat, Xu, Z., Serpedin, E., Qaraqe, K. A., Ekin, S.

İsim	Hybrid RF/VLC systems: A comprehensive survey on network topologies, performance analyses, applications, and future directions
Yazar	Abuella, H., Elamassie, Mohammed, Uysal, Murat, Xu, Z., Serpedin, E., Qaraqe, K. A., Ekin, S.
Basım Tarihi:	2021
Basım Yeri	- IEEE
Konu	Hybrid networks, Hybrid RF/VLC, Hybrid RF/VLC environments, Radio frequency (RF), Visible light communication (VLC), Wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi)
Tür	Süreli Yayın
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	Özyeğin Üniversitesi
Demirbaş Numarası	2169-3536
Kayıt Numarası	d5efa6d9-4e04-4eba-80e7-bf30cd7bc553
Lokasyon	Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Tarih	2021
Notlar	Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF)
Örnek Metin	Wireless communications refer to data transmissions in unguided propagation media through the use of wireless carriers such as radio frequency (RF) and visible light (VL) waves. The rising demand for high data rates, especially, in indoor scenarios, overloads conventional RF technologies. Therefore, technologies such as millimeter waves (mmWave) and cognitive radios have been adopted as possible solutions to overcome the spectrum scarcity and capacity limitations of the conventional RF systems. In parallel, visible light communication (VLC) has been proposed as an alternative solution, where a light source is used for both illumination and data transmission. In comparison to RF links, VLC links present a very high bandwidth that allows much higher data rates. VLC exhibits also immunity to interference from electromagnetic sources, has unlicensed channels, is a very low power consumption system, and has no health hazard. VLC is appealing for a wide range of applications including reliable communications with low latency such as vehicle safety communication. Despite the major advantages of VLC technology and a variety of its applications, its use has been hampered by its cons such as its dependence on a line of sight connectivity. Recently, hybrid RF/VLC systems were proposed to take advantage of the high capacity of VLC links and better connectivity of RF links. Thus, hybrid RF/VLC systems are envisioned as a key enabler to improve the user rates and mobility on one hand and to optimize the capacity, interference and power consumption of the overall network on the other hand. This paper seeks to provide a detailed survey of hybrid RF/VLC systems. This paper represents an overview of the current developments in the hybrid RF/VLC systems, their benefits and limitations for both newcomers and expert researchers.
DOI	10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3129154
Cilt	9

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Hybrid RF/VLC systems: A comprehensive survey on network topologies, performance analyses, applications, and future directions

Yazar Abuella, H., Elamassie, Mohammed, Uysal, Murat, Xu, Z., Serpedin, E., Qaraqe, K. A., Ekin, S.

Basım Tarihi 2021

Basım Yeri - IEEE

Konu Hybrid networks, Hybrid RF/VLC, Hybrid RF/VLC environments, Radio frequency (RF), Visible light communication (VLC), Wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi)

Tür Süreli Yayın

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane Özyeğin Üniversitesi

Demirbaş Numarası 2169-3536

Kayıt Numarası d5efa6d9-4e04-4eba-80e7-bf30cd7bc553

Lokasyon Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Tarih 2021

Notlar Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF)

Örnek Metin Wireless communications refer to data transmissions in unguided propagation media through the use of wireless carriers such as radio frequency (RF) and visible light (VL) waves. The rising demand for high data rates, especially, in indoor scenarios, overloads conventional RF technologies. Therefore, technologies such as millimeter waves (mmWave) and cognitive radios have been adopted as possible solutions to overcome the spectrum scarcity and capacity limitations of the conventional RF systems. In parallel, visible light communication (VLC) has been proposed as an alternative solution, where a light source is used for both illumination and data transmission. In comparison to RF links, VLC links present a very high bandwidth that allows much higher data rates. VLC exhibits also immunity to interference from electromagnetic sources, has unlicensed channels, is a very low power consumption system, and has no health hazard. VLC is appealing for a wide range of applications including reliable communications with low latency such as vehicle safety communication. Despite the major advantages of VLC technology and a variety of its applications, its use has been hampered by its cons such as its dependence on a line of sight connectivity. Recently, hybrid RF/VLC systems were proposed to take advantage of the high capacity of VLC links and better connectivity of RF links. Thus, hybrid RF/VLC systems are envisioned as a key enabler to improve the user rates and mobility on one hand and to optimize the capacity, interference and power consumption of the overall network on the other hand. This paper seeks to provide a detailed survey of hybrid RF/VLC systems. This paper represents an overview of the current developments in the hybrid RF/VLC systems, their benefits and limitations for both newcomers and expert researchers.

DOI 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3129154

Cilt 9