This review paper discusses the complete evolution of free-space optical (FSO)
communication, also known as unguided optical communication (UOC) technologies, all the …

In this paper, a hybrid visible light communication-radio frequency (RF) system, including a
legitimate receiver (R) and an eavesdropper (E) is considered. R can harvest energy from …

Device-to-device (D2D)-enabled Internet-of-things promises higher spectral efficiency and
system capacity by sharing the cellular spectrum and offloading the cellular traffic. However …

Wireless body area networks (WBANs) have attracted great attention from both industry and
academia as a promising technology for continuous monitoring of physiological signals of …

Device-to-device (D2D) communication is considered as a promising technology for
improving both the spectral and energy efficiencies of cellular networks by reusing the …

Over the last few years, energy optimization in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) has drawn
the attention of both the research community and actual users. Sensor nodes are powered …

MAC layer adaptation is very crucial for supporting dense and diverse data requirements of
sensor networks in smart cities, powered by energy harvesting. In this paper, we perform …

As overall network traffic pursue to expand, a lot of low-power medium access control
protocols have been proposed to deal with burst traffic in wireless sensor network. Although …

For achieving high bandwidth, fast, and robust communication in 5G, multiple technologies
are needed to work under heterogeneous networks. Visible light communication, due to its …

This paper presents an investigation into the communication range and energy harvesting
capabilities of a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) visible light communication (VLC) system that …