TY - GEN
T1 - Optimal Aggregation of RF and VLC Bands for Beyond 5G Mobile Services
AU - Bozanis, Dimitrios
AU - Papanikolaou, Vasilis K.
AU - Dowhuszko, Alexis A.
AU - Rallis, Konstantinos G.
AU - Diamantoulakis, Panagiotis D.
AU - Hamalainen, Jyri
AU - Karagiannidis, George K.
N1 - Funding Information:
This publication has been based upon work from COST Action CA19111 NEWFOCUS, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The integration of Radio Frequency (RF) and Visible Light Communication (VLC) technologies has been considered an enabler to achieving the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in Beyond 5G (B5G). Apart from higher data rates for enhanced Mobile Broadband applications, Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications and massive Machine-Type Communications must be also supported. This poses notable challenges in the design of a mobile communication system that relies exclusively on the use of licensed RF spectrum. In order to cope with the requirements of B5G services, the complementary benefits that RF and VLC bands have in terms of communication bandwidth, signal propagation characteristics, and ultra-densification feasibility, can be exploited. For this purpose, this paper studies the performance of two integration approaches, namely RF - VLC selection (Layer-3 or network-layer) and RF-VLC aggregation (Layer-2 or MAC-layer). Based on the obtained simulation results, it is possible to conclude that RF - VLC aggregation outperforms RF - VLC selection in terms of data rate performance, especially when ultra-reliable communication services are required to connect a large number of user terminals placed in an indoor scenario.
AB - The integration of Radio Frequency (RF) and Visible Light Communication (VLC) technologies has been considered an enabler to achieving the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in Beyond 5G (B5G). Apart from higher data rates for enhanced Mobile Broadband applications, Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications and massive Machine-Type Communications must be also supported. This poses notable challenges in the design of a mobile communication system that relies exclusively on the use of licensed RF spectrum. In order to cope with the requirements of B5G services, the complementary benefits that RF and VLC bands have in terms of communication bandwidth, signal propagation characteristics, and ultra-densification feasibility, can be exploited. For this purpose, this paper studies the performance of two integration approaches, namely RF - VLC selection (Layer-3 or network-layer) and RF-VLC aggregation (Layer-2 or MAC-layer). Based on the obtained simulation results, it is possible to conclude that RF - VLC aggregation outperforms RF - VLC selection in terms of data rate performance, especially when ultra-reliable communication services are required to connect a large number of user terminals placed in an indoor scenario.
KW - B5G
KW - Carrier Aggregation
KW - Hybrid RF-VLC systems
KW - New Radio
KW - RAT Selection
KW - Resource Allocation
KW - Ultra-Reliable Communications
KW - Visible Light Communication
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U2 - 10.1109/WiMob55322.2022.9941537
DO - 10.1109/WiMob55322.2022.9941537
M3 - Conference article in proceedings
AN - SCOPUS:85142757207
T3 - International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications
SP - 75
EP - 80
BT - 2022 18th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2022
PB - IEEE
T2 - IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications
Y2 - 10 October 2022 through 12 October 2022
ER -