VisIoN’s Final Conference will take place during the Virtual Conference IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications 2021 (PIMRC), on 13-16 September 2021.
All 15 VisioN ESRs will participate in the WS10 -Workshop on Optical Wireless Technology for Enhanced Connectivity in 6G.
Scope of the Workshop:
Future wireless networks (in particular the 6G networks) should ensure low latency, high reliability, scalability, as well as enhanced quality-of-service and quality-of-experience in sophisticated scenarios arising from emerging multimedia applications and exponential increase in the number of smart sensors and devices. The main challenges for such networks include dealing with massive Internet-of-things (IoT) applications, the requirement for precise localization, as well as improved energy efficiency and reduced carbon footprints.
However, due to the limited available radio frequency spectrum, optical wireless communication (OWC) is seen as a serious complementary or alternative solution in certain application areas, in particular with limited mobility requirements. Thanks to the numerous operational and technical advantages offered by OWC, we have been witnessing increased research and development activities in the past two decades or so, covering visible-light communications (VLC) and free space communications (FSO) for indoor and outdoor (including underwater) applications. Nevertheless, there exist still several technical challenges that need addressing before a wide-spread deployment of OWC.
The aim of this Workshop is to provide a forum for researchers from academia and industry to present their latest research and development findings as well as sharing their views on different aspects of OWC systems from fundamental to applied. This Workshop focusing on OWC covering ultraviolet, visible, and infrared bands will welcome submissions in areas of modeling, design, implementation, simulation, and standardization.
The potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Indoor visible-light and infrared communications
- Outdoor and space communications
- Optical components and short-range links
- Applications of optical wireless communications
Program of the Workshop:
♦ Invited Talks
“On the Potential of Airborne Base Stations with Laser-Powered UAVs”
Prof. Mohamed -Slim Alouini, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
“VLC from the Industry Point of View”
Dr. Geoff Archenhold, IST Ltd, UK
♦ Panel Discussion
The Future of VLC Technology
Animated by the most prominent researchers from Academia and industry, this panel session will discuss the future of the VLC technology, including standardization and industrialization, as well as its current and future short-term application scenarios. In particular, the position of VLC in the future 6G networks will be discussed together with the relevant use cases related to diverse smart environments.
Moderator
Prof. Volker Jungnickel (Fraunhofer HHI, Berlin, Germany)
Panel Members
Prof. George K. Karagiannidis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
Dr. Nikola Serafimovski (Light Communications Alliance, PureLiFi, Edinburgh, UK)
Prof. Marcos Katz (University of Oulu, Finland)
Dr. Usman Raza (Toshiba Research Europe, Italy)
♦ Papers
A New LED Communication Model Based on Photonic Properties
Jean-Paul Linnartz (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands); Xiong Deng (TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands); Anton Alexeev (Eindhoven University of Technmology, The Netherlands); Paul van Voorthuisen (Signify, The Netherlands)
A Visible Light Positioning System Based on Support Vector Machines
Neha Chaudhary (University of Aveiro, Portugal); Othman Isam Younus (Northumbria University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Zahra Nazari Chaleshtori (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic); Luis Nero Alves (DETI, Universidade of Aveiro, Instituto de Telecomunicações & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Zabih Ghassemlooy (Northumbria University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Stanislav Zvanovec (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic)
An Efficient Multi-Link Channel Model for LiFi
Sreelal Maravanchery Mana (Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, Germany); Kerolos Gabra (Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut & Technische Universität Berlin, Germany); Sepideh Mohammadi Kouhini (Fraunhofer Henrich Hertz Institute, Germany); Peter Hellwig (Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, Germany); Jonas Hilt (Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunication, HHI, Germany); Volker Jungnickel (Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute & Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
Design and Implementation of an Optical Camera Communication System for Wireless Sensor Networking in Farming Fields
Vicente Matus, Victor Guerra and Cristo Jurado-Verdu (IDeTIC-ULPGC, Spain); Stanislav Zvanovec (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic); Jose Rabadan (IDeTIC-ULPGC, Spain); Rafael Perez-Jimenez (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)
Experimental Characterization of Fiber Optic Lighting – Optical Camera Communications
Shivani Rajendra Teli and Klara Eollosova (Czech Technical University, Czech Republic); Stanislav Zvanovec (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic); Zabih Ghassemlooy (Northumbria University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Matej Komanec (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic)
Experimental Characterization of Multi-Hop Vehicular VLC Systems
Bassam Aly (Ford Otosan, Turkey); Mohammed Elamassie (Özyeğin Üniversitesi, Turkey); Murat Uysal (Ozyegin University, Turkey)
Impact of Synchronization Errors on the Performance of ACO-OFDMA Signaling for Medical Extra-WBAN Links
Md Jahid Hasan (Ecole Centrale Marseille, Oledcomm, France); Mohammad-Ali Khalighi (Ecole Centrale Marseille, France); Luis Nero Alves (DETI, Universidade of Aveiro, Instituto de Telecomunicações & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Bastien Bechadergue (University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France)
Modelling of an Underwater Optical Wireless Communication System With Misalignment Tolerance
Veridiano Marques (INESC TEC & Faculty of Engineering University of Porto, Portugal); Henrique M Salgado (University of Porto & INESC Porto, Portugal); Luis M. Pessoa (INESC TEC & Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal)
Performance Analysis of Indoor Vehicular VLC Links for Autonomous Driving
Elizabeth Eso (Northumbria University Newcastle, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Elnaz Alizadeh Jarchlo (TU Berlin, Germany); Zabih Ghassemlooy (Northumbria University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Stanislav Zvanovec (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic); Falko Dressler (TU Berlin, Germany); Juna Sathian (Northumbria University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
The Impact of Blocking and Shadowing on the Indoor Visible Light Positioning System
Othman Isam Younus (Northumbria University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Neha Chaudhary (University of Aveiro, Portugal); Zahra Nazari Chaleshtori (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic); Zabih Ghassemlooy (Northumbria University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Luis Nero Alves (DETI, Universidade of Aveiro, Instituto de Telecomunicações & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal); Stanislav Zvanovec (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic)
Workshop chairs / organizers
General Chair
- Dr. Ali Khalighi, École Centrale Marseille, Fresnel Institute, France, Ali.Khalighi@fresnel.fr
Technical Program Committee Chairs
- Prof. Fary Ghassemlooy, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, z.ghassemlooy@northumbria.ac.uk
- Prof. Murat Uysal, Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey, murat.uysal@ozyegin.edu.tr
- Prof. Stanislav Zvanovec, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic, xzvanove@fel.cvut.cz
Find more information on the Workshop here.