Optical Wireless in Support of a Computing-Communication Continuum for Connected Mobility

Bernhard Schrenk; Florian Honz; Jose Antonio Làzaro

doi:10.5281/zenodo.15393755

Optical Wireless in Support of a Computing-Communication Continuum for Connected Mobility

Bernhard Schrenk (Speaker)
, Florian Honz
, Jose Antonio Làzaro

Signal Theory and Communications Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

Research output: Chapter in Book or Conference Proceedings › Conference Proceedings with Oral Presentation

Abstract

The need to exchange vast amounts of data among
road-side users and edge computing puts optical wireless access
into the focus of 6G. This contribution highlights two optical
wireless modes for the far-access and fronthaul segment, building
on low-cost transceivers for joint communication and lighting
and robust fibre-in-the-air connectivity, respectively. Towards
these directions, we discuss (i) the capability of light emitting
diodes to establish Gb/s visible-light communication links using
simple on-off keying for a format-transparent relay of Ethernet,
and (ii) alignment-tolerant coupling between single-mode fibre
cores by means of optical beamforming, which further mitigates
turbulence in free-space links that extend fibre-grade capacity to
isolated fibre networks through a Fi-Wi-Fi bridge.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC)
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-3503-9180-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15393755
Publication status	Published - 2025
Event	European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC) / 6G Summit - Poznan, Poland Duration: 3 Jun 2025 → 6 Jun 2025

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Conference	European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC) / 6G Summit
Country/Territory	Poland
City	Poznan
Period	3/06/25 → 6/06/25

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Former Research Field - Enabling Digital Technologies

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