Workshop on Optical Wireless Communication for 5G and Beyond – 2020

Abstract

In recent years, there has been tremendous growth in wireless technologies to cater the varying quality of service (QoS) requirements of diversified applications such as advanced technology of smartphones, portable devices and the rapid growth of Internet of Things, e-Health, and intelligent transportation systems. As a consequence, there is an upsurge in data traffic over wireless networks. This ever-growing appetite for larger bandwidth and more data requires modern wireless system to transform from the conventional radio-frequency (RF) based communication to some other mode of communication such as optical wireless communication (OWC). The OWC technology offers advantages over RF technology such as free license, wide bandwidth, immunity to RF electromagnetic interference, and inherent security, which makes it very attractive for the emerging 5G wireless communications. However, the applications of OWC will face several challenges including the channel impairments, weather effects (raining, fogging, particle scattering, etc.), compatibility with existing networks, lighting constraints, scalability, user mobility, and tracking. These challenges create significant research activities at both academia and industry which make OWC a more efficient and reliable wireless solution to the future integrated networks.
The objective of the full-day workshop on OWC is an in-depth discussion and exchange of latest research on OWC among researchers, scientist, and software and hardware developers from both academia and industry. We call for high-quality technical paper submissions based on original research and will select some suitable papers to be presented at the workshop.

Scope

The primary scope of this workshop is an in-depth discussion and exchange of ideas related to the OWC research. The paper presentation is the main focus of this workshop where researchers would showcase their research work related to OWC domain. A secondary result of this workshop would be a talk given by invited keynote speakers about the state of the art to encourage young scientists and graduate students to contribute towards OWC research and development. Further, a panel discussion will provide a great platform to better understand the hot topics and identify future research problems related to OWC.

Topics

Main focus of the workshop is to attract area specific quality papers and posters. If time permits, we can include panel discussion (optional). The submission is sought from the following area of interests:

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
Heterogeneous architecture of VLC and mmWave (5G)
MIMO for OWC
Infrared and Laser Communication
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)
Gigabit and beyond data
THz system

Papers will be fully peer reviewed. IEEE takes the protection of intellectual property very seriously. All submissions will be screened for plagiarism using Cross Check. By submitting your work you agree to allow IEEE to screen your work for plagiarism: http://www.crossref.org/crosscheck/index.html

How to submit
Technical paper submissions can be up to 6 pages long and should be written either in an MS Word format or in a Latex format using the templates available at https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html. All papers must be submitted electronically.

Submissions accepted through this https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=26958&track=101422

Important Dates

Deadline for paper submission: ~~May 1, 2020~~ June 30, 2020
Acceptance Notification: ~~June 30, 2020~~ July 15, 2020
Camera-Ready Submission: July 31, 2020

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