Advanced Intelligent Physical-Layer Frameworks and Waveform Designs for 6G Optical Communication Networks

In our society, industry, and everyday life, rapidly changing habits in information generation, sensing, sharing, and consumption have sparked a massive increase in data flow with varying quality-of-experience needs. Next-generation communication networks must provide ubiquitous services, large data rates, and strict latency guarantees to keep pace with these developments. To take advantage of the combined strengths of cutting-edge optical and wireless technologies, optical wireless communication systems are being actively developed. Optical wireless systems will become a crucial component of future communication network architectures due to their inherent benefits, including ultra-high bandwidth, long communication distances, and robust data privacy. In 6G, WLANs, AR/VR, and other network applications, optical wireless communications will be essential. Coordination and design of these systems remain unresolved challenges.The technologies underlying optical wireless communication and networking are grounded in deeper scientific concepts, and the field has advanced well beyond traditional communication applications. Many of the technical advances draw on recent discoveries in engineering physics and optoelectronics, alongside renewed attention from the communities of electrical communication engineering, computer engineering, computer science, and AI. Optical communication technologies continue to find uses that go beyond traditional high-speed data transmission: terahertz communications, holographic representation, and optical metamaterial-based reconfigurable intelligent surfaces for beamforming are examples of how cutting-edge technologies are being applied to future multidisciplinary applications. The goal of this Research Topic is to document developments in optical wireless communication technology and its related multidisciplinary applications.This Research Topic will explore the uses of optical wireless communications in developing networks and services. It will showcase the most recent research, technology development, network design, and system implementation across holographic representation, terahertz communication, visible light communication, underwater communication, and low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity. These technological advances support the development of 6G, WiFi 8, AR/VR, and other network and service solutions. In order to promote collaboration between academia and industry, this Research Topic will also welcome research addressing theoretical and practical challenges in the field.Topics of interest include but not limited to:-Waveform design for mmWave, THz, and optical wireless communications, including low-complexity transceivers for 6G-Fiber-to-the-room (FTTR), WiFi/PON integration, and fixed 6G architectures-AI-enabled and software-defined optical wireless networks-Optical wireless system management: optimization, security, and reliability-Optical switching architectures for future xhaul networks-Analog mmWave and sub-THz radio-over-fiber systems for energy-efficient antennas-Underwater optical wireless communication-Novel protocols, architectures, materials, and devices for OWC systems-Satellite optical communications-Energy efficiency, resilience, and security of 6G optical networks-Joint optical communication and sensing technologies-Signal processing and photonics-aided DSP for high-throughput coherent optical communications-Multidimensional waveform design for optical MIMO and multi-antenna systems-Intelligent reflecting surface-assisted optical communications Topic editors: Punyawi Jamjareegulgarn, Hong-Yeop Song Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/84614/advanced-intelligent-physical-layer-frameworks-and-waveform-designs-for-6g-optical-communication-networks