Special Section on Optical Wireless Communications
In recent years, wireless communication has significantly evolved due to the advanced technology of smartphones, portable devices and the rapid growth of Internet of Things, e-Health, e-Commerce, intelligent transportation systems and social networking. Forecasted by Cisco, the wireless mobile traffic will be dominant over the data network as part of the new connected world in 2020s and the upcoming 6G and beyond wireless technologies. More recently, we have seen growing research activities in Optical Wireless Communications (OWC) as a complementary wireless technology to the more established radio frequency (RF)-based systems such as cellular, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, to overcome the spectrum crunch and provide high data rates in urban environments and crowded locations. The OWC technology offering advantages such as free license, wide bandwidth, inherent security and no RF-based electromagnetic interference, which makes it very attractive for the emerging 5G wireless communications.
Nevertheless, the widespread deployment of OWC systems in the three major bands of infra-red, ultra-violet and visible light, will face several challenges including the weather effects (mostly for free-space optical communication in outdoors), channel impairments, eye and skin safety regulations, compatibility with existing networks, mobility (mostly in outdoor environments), cost per device and volume, and device/system performance. These challenges have led to a substantial volume of research activities both at academia and industry at a global level to make OWC systems a more reliable and viable wireless option as part of the future integrated networks.
The special Section on OWC aims to bring together researchers and software and hardware developers from academia and industry to present, share and discuss their latest research results on OWC. We solicit high-quality technical paper submissions based on original research and will select some suitable papers to be presented at this special issue.
TOPICS OF INTEREST - (contributions are not limited to the following):
All organic based VLCs
Channel modelling and characterization
Channel capacity analysis
Diversity techniques for OWC
Dimming, data communications and localization in VLCs
Free space optics (indoor, outdoor and under water)
Hybrid RF/OWC technology
MIMO for OWC
Modelling of various noises in optical wireless communications
Modulation, coding and detection schemes
Mobile-to-infrastructure and mobile-to-mobile optical communication
Novel (photonic) devices and components OWC
OWC and VLC networks: architecture, PHY/MAC design, cross-layer design etc.
OWC applications in device-to-device communications, medical applications, intelligent transportation systems-vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-traffic communications, trains, planes, etc., inter and intra chip communications
Internet of Things and wireless sensor networks, next generation wireless networks, manufacturing
OWC transceiver design and optimization
OWC duplexing and multiple access techniques
OWC networking
OWC for space industry
Underwater OWC communication
Ultraviolet communications
Visible light communications (indoor, outdoor and localization)
Submission Guideline
The submitted papers should be original, not published or currently under review for publications in any other journal. Submitted Articles have no page limits and can be any of the following types: technical, tutorial, survey, magazine, letter, or commentary. Also, authors can submit multiple articles to the same issue.
This paper proposes an autonomous first response drone-based (Auto-FRD) smart rescue system. Auto-FRD paradigm uses drones to provide quick response to critical situations in a smart city setting. The system comprises three main sections: sensor network, intelligent drones, & ...
A novel modulation technique termed as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing with subcarrier power modulation (OFDM-SPM) has been proposed for achieving highly spectral-efficient, low complexity data transmission in future 6G and beyond wireless communication systems.
by Jehad M. Hamamreh, Muhammet Kirik, MEHMET O. SAGMAN, and NAOKI ISHIKAWA
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Published: Jun 26, 2020
Multiple input multiple output system with antenna number modulation (MIMO-ANM) is proposed in this paper as a novel transmission method that can be used instead of conventional MIMO with spatial modulation (MIMO-SM) for providing more advantageous and reliable data transmission.
This article proposes a new non-coherent modulation scheme called orthogonal frequency division multiplexing with subcarrier power modulation and differential phase-shift keying (OFDM-SPM-DPSK), as an effective modulation technique for future 6G and beyond systems.
In this work, the authors demonstrate a low complexity channel prediction method using neural networks. Specifically, they explore the power of recurrent neural network utilizing long-short memory cells in analyzing time series data for achieving accurate channel prediction.
This work proposes the design of a secure, resilient, effective, and low complexity NOMA communication scheme that can provide zero information leakage to both external and internal eavesdroppers (perfect secrecy) without having the receiver to do any additional processing.
This article proposes a novel non-orthogonal, multi-user security technique for achieving reliable, efficient and secure communication in MISO systems. The proposed algorithm combines the benefit of pre-coder matrices with simultaneous transmission using antenna diversity.
by Mohamed Bahache, Joel Poncha Lemayian, Wenjin Wang, and Jehad M. Hamamreh
Published: Dec 04, 2020
The authors overview and explore state-of-the-art research in the field of contactless wireless sensor technology in medicine, where they explain, summarize, and classify a plethora of wireless sensing technologies and techniques with the highest impact on contactless healthcare
Multiple MIMO with joint block Antenna Number Modulation (M-MIMO-ANM) is proposed as a novel transmission method that exploits the features of both Massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (M-MIMO) and Antenna Number Modulation (ANM) concepts to improve the system performance more
by Jehad M. Hamamreh, Mohamedou Abewa, and Joel Poncha Lemayian
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Published: Dec 26, 2020
Motivated by the need to address the limitations of the existing power domain NOMA schemes, this work presents four novel NOMA-inspired communication schemes for enhancing security and reliability of low complexity massive machine-type communications in future wireless networks.
Signal space diversity (SSD) along with coordinate interleaving is proposed in this work to be integrated with OFDM‐SPM to help improve the overall BER performance, thus resulting in a performance improvement of more than 5 dB compared to conventional OFDM-SPM without SSD.
by Seyit Karatepe, Muhammet Kirik, and Jehad M. Hamamreh
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Published: Apr 06, 2021
Multi-User MIMO-ANM is proposed in this work as a novel non-orthogonal multi-access transmission method that targets serving multiple users by dedicating the antennas used for implementing ANM to serve a far user, whereas the remaining antennas are used to serve a near user.
by Muhammad Furqan Zia, Haji M. Furqan, and Jehad M. Hamamreh
Published: Apr 06, 2021
A highly efficient non-orthogonal signals’ superposition technique with the dual transmission for multi-cell, multi-user, and multi-carrier IoT is presented. The proposed technique provides secure and reliable transmission of data and is suitable for IoT-based communication.
In this work, the authors prove the ability of non-coherent OFDM with subcarrier power modulation (NC-OFDM-SPM), which has been proposed as a two-dimensional modulation scheme, in achieving the coherent performance of plain OFDM scheme, under proper power reassignment mechanism.
by Naman Bhoj, Ashutosh Tripathi, Granth Singh Bisht, Adarsh Raj Dwivedi, Bishwajeet Pandey, and Nitin Chhimwal
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Published: Apr 10, 2021
In this work, the authors devise an intelligent solution that can detect malicious websites on the web in real-time systems. In particular, the authors perform a comparative analysis of various feature selection techniques to build a time-efficient and accurate predictive model.
In this work, the authors propose a novel MIMO technique for simultaneously achieving multiplexing and diversity gains as well as completely eliminating any processing at the MIMO receiver, thus leading to advantages such as low complexity and low power consumption.
by Abdealrahman Abuqamar, Jehad M. Hamamreh, and Mohamedou Abewa
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Published: May 17, 2021
In this work, OFDM-SPM technique is compounded with Alamouti space-time block coding (STBC) in a multiple-input-single-output (MISO) setup to study, investigate and quantify the wireless system’s performance of their combination over a wireless multipath Rayleigh fading channel.
The authors develop a novel, new non-orthogonal transmission design, termed as Multi-User Auxiliary Signal Superposition Transmission (MU-AS-ST), which utilizes spatial diversity along with specially designed auxiliary signals superimposed with users’ data to improve performance
In this paper, the transmission method named Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing with Subcarrier-Power Modulation and Space-Time Block Coding (OFDM-SPM-STBC) is compounded with Back Propagation Artificial Neural Network (BPANN) in a multiple-input-single-output setup...
by Sadiq Iqbal, Shaheer Khalid, and Jehad M. Hamamreh
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Published: Jun 30, 2021
The authors develop a novel, new MIMO technique that utilizes superimposed auxiliary signals to simultaneously provide multiplexing and diversity gains as well as reduce complexity and processing at the receiver side, thus making it suitable for MIMO-based IoT applications
The authors propose the use of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) based equalizer for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing with subcarrier power modulation (OFDM-SPM) in order to significantly improve its reliability performance.
In this work, the authors propose a novel transmission method that uses intelligent signals design to eliminate interference and mitigate channel effects at the receiver while ensuring less complexity reception.
In this work, authors analyze and quantify the security performance of Hybrid MIMO, which was originally proposed by the preceding work titled “Hybrid MIMO: A New Transmission Method For Simultaneously Achieving Spatial Multiplexing and Diversity Gains in MIMO Systems”.
In this work, the authors propose a novel signal superposition-based dual transmission ARQ communication technique that is capable of simultaneously improving data rates from one side and reducing data errors from another side for low complexity IoT devices in future 6G systems.
The authors develop and present a novel antenna design, called an icosahedron-Sierpiński fractal monopole antenna, where the key merit of such a geometry is its ability to capture a wide range of frequencies due to its multi-band characteristic and three-dimensional structure.
Multi-User OFDM-SNM is proposed in this paper for serving multiple users by dedicating the subcarriers used for implementing SNM to serve a far user, whereas the remaining subcarriers, which are used to be inactive in conventional OFDM-SNM, are used to send data for a near user.
Motivated by the many benefits enabled by Open RAN, there is a need for an educational comprehensive step-by-step tutorial on how an individual/company can practically build and deploy a 5G network using open-source software and commercial off-the-shelf, general-purpose hardware
by Shaheer Khalid, Sadiq Iqbal, and Jehad M. Hamamreh
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Published: Dec 23, 2021
The authors introduce and model a newly proposed concept that utilizes supporting signals superimposed with the users' data signals to cancel inter-cell interference for users located at the cell edge. This is achieved without sacrificing temporal, spectral, or spatial resources.
The authors shed light on MIMO systems with their relevant technologies by categorizing them into two approaches; 1) centralized (co-located), which covers most conventional MIMO schemes, and 2) decentralized (distributed) approach, which covers both pCell & CF-MMIMO.
In this work, a secure data transmission application of Antenna Number Modulation (ANM) is presented in the presence of an eavesdropper, whose received data is mixed by an interference signal superpositioned(ISS) with the original signal transmitted to the legitimate receiver.
In this paper, a new technique based on the Isosceles Trapezoidal Distribution Transform (ITDT) is proposed to reduce the PAPR of FBMC/OQAM transceiver by transforming original Gaussian distributed FBMC signals into an Isosceles Trapezoidal, while maintaining a constant evelope.
by Hamza Ali, Shaheer Khalid, Sadiq Iqbal, and Jehad M. Hamamreh
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Published: Mar 25, 2022
Authors propose a novel hack-proof framework that can perfectly secure IMSI numbers, resulting in having protection against spoofing attacks. The proposed algorithm includes a mobile device (UE) and a gNodeB (BS) that communicate in the clear to authenticate each other securely.
The authors propose a technique that is capable of doubling the spectral efficiency per area and per device by modulating a recently developed multiple access design called multi-user auxiliary signal superposition transmission through a transmission technique called OFDM-SPM
by Muhammet Kirik, Mehmet O. Sagman, and Jehad M. Hamamreh
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Published: Mar 28, 2022
This work aims to deeply investigate and quantify the performance of a very strong candidate technique for meeting the ultra-reliability requirement of 6G, namely MIMO-ANM, under the joint simultaneous utilization of both Transmit Antenna Selection and Maximum Ratio Combination
by Shaheer Khalid, Sadiq Iqbal, and Jehad M. Hamamreh
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Published: Mar 30, 2022
The authors propose a novel hybrid coordinated multi-point (H-CoMP) design for cell-edge users in 6G networks to combat inter-cell interference (ICI), inter-user interference (IUI), and improve spectral efficiency via using a new, novel channel-based precoding-based approach.
by Malik Areem, Nafees Malkomin, and Salameh Randdam
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Published: Apr 24, 2023
In this work, we explore the various industries and professions that are most vulnerable to automation and AI disruption. We also delve into the ways in which ChatGPT, a cutting-edge language model, is revolutionizing the way we communicate and interact with technology.
by Nadeem Jabbar CH*, Aqib Saghir, Ayaz Ahmad Meer, Salman Ahmad Sahi, Bilal Hassan, and Siddiqui Muhammad Yasir
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Published: May 31, 2023
This article aims to thoroughly examine and quantify the effectiveness of Deep Learning approaches for media forensics, with a focus on the most recent DeepFake trends, iterations, detection and discussion of its features and drawbacks.
by Mohamed Hussien, Mamdouh Goudaa, and Hadia Elhennawyb
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Published: May 31, 2023
The authors of this article focus on solving the PAPR problem of FBMC System using improved harmony search optimization methods adopting the hybrid clipping partial transmit sequence concept
MU-STBC is uniquely redesigned with auxiliary signals superimposed on top of users' data during the transmission process to intelligently cancel inter-user interference and channel effects at the receiver while keeping the reception process much simpler and less power-consuming
The article highlights the differences between Amarisoft and srsRAN solutions and emphasizes the need for operators to consider their specific requirements and priorities when making a selection between the two.
The paper focuses on the development and evaluation of a deep learning-based intrusion detection system for 5G networks, which aims to address some of the main critical network security concerns.
by Claudio Coletti, William Diego, Ran Duan, Saeed Ghassemzadeh, Dhruv Gupta, Jinri Huang, Kaustubh Joshi, Ryusuke Matsukawa, and 5 more
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Published: Nov 01, 2023
Mobile networks and the equipment that runs them must become more open, software-driven, virtualized, flexible, intelligent and energy efficient. The O-RAN Alliance is committed to evolving radio access networks— making them more open and smarter than previous generations
by Arda Akman, Suzy Gu, Jinri Huang, Ian Wong, Haseeb Akhtar, Scott Poretsky, Jan Balas, Qi Sun, and 17 more
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Published: Nov 06, 2023
The paper extends the previous knowledge on the Open RAN concept and outlines the O-RAN Alliance’s focus on several key areas to accelerate and enable the introduction of the rich capabilities of O-RAN architecture in commercial networks
The rise of AI, edge computing, network slicing, and IoT systems is reshaping industries, from healthcare and transportation to agriculture and smart cities. To address the unique requirements of IoT, 5G alone is not enough, and much more agile networks like 2G is required.
In this article, the authors take a deep dive into B41 band and give a brief history of the technology and showcase how First Nations and higher education facilities are using the spectrum.
Being a country that can defend itself with its national systems is now a matter of existence for sure, thus, the most important step of a country's defense against attack risks is undoubtedly through building and deploying capable, reliable, and effective air defense systems.
by John Ferguson, Steven Kline, and Peter Witkowski
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Published: Mar 31, 2024
The article compressively explains all the details of the Artificial Intelligence Radio Transceiver (AIR-T), which is a high performance software-defined radio (SDR) board seamlessly integrated with the state-of-the-art advanced processing and deep learning inference hardware
by Andrew Avtushenko, Sergey Kostanbaev, Timur Davydov, Andrey Bakhmat, Alexey Shamrin, Boris Bulanov, Nikolay Zhukovsky, Boris Kolesnikov, and 2 more
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Published: Mar 31, 2024
uSDR is an embedded software-defined radio (SDR) board that is optimized for ease of use and collaboration. It incorporates WebUSB technology, which enables full functionality in web browsers—under Linux, Windows, MacOS, and Android—without requiring specific drivers or software
The article highlights the potential of Ambient Intelligence (AmI) in transforming the human/technology interaction and meeting the evolving needs of users in future wireless systems.
The authors propose the use of an intelligent physical layer security framework for V2X communication, called intelligent V2X security (IV2XS), to provide a reliable and robust solution capable of adapting to different conditions, scenarios and user requirements.
by Mukaram Shahid, Kunal Das, Taimoor Ul Islam, Christ Somiah, Daji Qiao, Arsalan Ahmad, Jimming Song, Zhengyuan Zhu, and 6 more
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Published: Jun 30, 2024
This study explores the challenges faced by farmers and service providers when using shared spectrum bands to deploy their networks while ensuring maximum system performance and minimizing interference with other users.
In this article, security design requirements for non-orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) and solutions provided by Physical Layer Security (PLS) to fulfill these requirements are discussed. The merits and challenges encountered while employing PLS to NOMA are identified.
by Chiara Risi, Daniel Persson, and Erik G. Larsson
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Published: Jul 31, 2024
Receivers that rely on 1-bit Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADC) do not need energy-consuming interfaces such as automatic gain control (AGC), thus decreasing the ADC building and operational costs as well as saving energy.
The author analyzed the conflict between communications and sensing in terms of bandwidth and power. It is found that the bandwidth is approximately partitioned between communication and sensing, thus making an almost zero-sum game, while the conflict in the power is marginal.
In this paper, Deep Neural Network (DNN) is considered as a discrete-time dynamical system due to its layered structure. The complexity provided by the nonlinearity in the DNN dynamics is analyzed in terms of topological entropy and chaos characterized by Lyapunov exponents.
by S. A. Tegos, V. K. Papanikolaou, E. Aparicio-Esteve, E. Skaljo, P. Louro, E. Panayirci, and P. D.Diamantoulakis
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Published: Sep 30, 2024
This paper explores the integration of OWC, RF, and fiber technologies, highlighting the challenges of line-of-sight requirements, ambient light interference, and the need for seamless integration with existing wireless systems
by Z. Ghassemlooy, S. Zvanovec, L. N. Alves3, R. PerezJimenez, O. I. Younus, S. R. Teli, and V. Matus
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Published: Sep 30, 2024
This paper discusses the operation modes of ISs, particularly focusing on rolling shutter and global shutter mechanisms, and highlights challenges such as noise interference, synchronization, and non-linearity.
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