TOPICS OF INTEREST - (contributions are not limited to the following):
- All organic based VLCs
- Channel modelling and characterisation
- Channel capacity analysis
- Diversity techniques for OWC
- Dimming, data communications and localisation 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 localisation)
Important dates:
- Deadline for workshop paper submission:
25 January 20192 February 2019 (FINAL extension) - Acceptance/rejection announcement: 22 February 2019
- Final workshop papers due: 16 March 2019
