Combined Radio Frequency and Visible Light Bands for Device-to-Device communication

The main aim of the project is to merge concepts of device-to-device (D2D) communication and visible light communication (VLC). The merging of D2D communication and VLC enables considerable increase in capacity of future mobile networks since VLC is capable of providing superior data rates, in comparison to conventional radio frequency communications. Furthermore, the proposed concept allows to save overloaded radio frequency spectrum. As the idea of combination of D2D and VLC is new and has not been tackled by researchers yet, we will have to address several key fundamental challenges to fully exploit synergy effects gained by the combination of D2D and VLC.

Device-to-device, Visible Light Communication, Radio Frequency, Communication Control

Major results and publications

M. Najla, Z. Becvar and P. Mach
Reuse of Multiple Channels by Multiple D2D Pairs in Dedicated Mode: Game Theoretic Approach
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, volume 20, no. 7, 2021.
M. Najla, P. Mach and Z. Becvar
Deep Learning for Selection between RF and VLC Bands in Device-to-Device Communication
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, volume 9, no. 10, 2020.
Z. Becvar, R.G. Cheng, M. Charvat and P. Mach
Mobility Management for D2D Communication Combining Radio Frequency and Visible Light Communications Bands
Wireless Networks, volume 26, 2020.
M. Najla, Z. Becvar and P. Mach
Sequential Bargaining Game for Reuse of Radio Resources in D2D Communication in Dedicated Modes
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (IEEE VTC-Spring 2020), 2020.
M. Najla, D. Gesbert, Z. Becvar and P. Mach
Machine Learning for Power Control in D2D Communication based on Cellular Channel Gains
IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE Globecom 2019) workshop on Machine Learning for Wireless Communications, 2019.
P. Mach, Z. Becvar and M. Najla
Resource Allocation for D2D Communication with Multiple D2D Pairs Reusing Multiple Channels
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, volume 8, no. 4, 2019.
M. Najla, P. Mach, Z. Becvar, P. Chvojka and S. Zvanovec
Efficient Exploitation of Radio Frequency and Visible Light Communication Bands for D2D in Mobile Networks
IEEE Access, volume 7, 2019.
Z. Becvar, M. Najla and P. Mach
Selection between Radio Frequency and Visible Light Communication Bands for D2D
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (IEEE VTC-Spring 2018) recent results, 2018.
P. Mach, Z. Becvar and M. Najla
Combined shared and dedicated resource allocation for Device-to-Device Communication
IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (IEEE VTC-Spring 2018), 2018.
P. Mach, Z. Becvar, M. Najla and S. Zvanovec
Combination of Visible Light and Radio Frequency Bands for Device-to-Device Communication
IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (IEEE PIMRC 2017), workshop on Coexisting Radio and Optical Wireless Deployments, 2017.

Date:: 01/2017 – 12/2019
Project no.:: P102/17/17538S
Funding:: Czech Science Foundation (GACR)
Budget:: ~240k EUR
PI:: Pavel Mach
Team:: Zdenek Becvar, Mehyar Najla, Toha Ardi Nugraha
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