Indoor optical wireless access networks—recent progress [Invited]

Optical wireless access networks have seen rapid progress. With beam-steering capability, optical wireless communications can deliver very high capacity, support user mobility with indoor localization supported directly at the optical layer, be resilient against the blocking of beams by exploiting s...

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Published inJournal of optical communications and networking Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. A178 - A186
Main Authors Nirmalathas, Ampalavanapillai, Song, Tingting, Edirisinghe, Sampath, Wang, Ke, Lim, Christina, Wong, Elaine, Ranaweera, Chathurika, Alameh, Kamal
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Piscataway Optica Publishing Group 01.02.2021
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Beam steering
Computer architecture
Laser beams
Network latency
Optical beams
Optical communication
Optical fiber networks
Optical pulses
Optical receivers
Optical transmitters
Optical wireless
Protocol (computers)
Resilience
Wireless communication
Wireless communications
Wireless networks
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Summary:Optical wireless access networks have seen rapid progress. With beam-steering capability, optical wireless communications can deliver very high capacity, support user mobility with indoor localization supported directly at the optical layer, be resilient against the blocking of beams by exploiting spatial diversity at the optical layer, and guarantee low-latency links with modified protocols and network architectures. This paper presents a review of recent progress in achieving functions of communication, localization, resiliency, and dynamic networking using optical-layer techniques.
ISSN:1943-0620
1943-0639
DOI:10.1364/JOCN.403485