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most citedMulti-User Rate Splitting in Optical Wireless Networks

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eess.SY2026

Cooperative Dueling DQN SAC Learning for Energy Efficiency in Dynamic OWC Networks

Walter Zibusiso Ncube, Ahmad Adnan Qidan, Taisir El-Gorashi +1

Growing wireless traffic is increasing pressure on the congested radio-frequency spectrum. Optical wireless communication (OWC) provides a complementary solution by using the abund…

eess.SY2026

Network Adaptation in IRS-Aided Hybrid RF/VLC Systems Using Cooperative Multi-Agent DRL

Ahrar N. Hamad, Ahmad Adnan Qidan, Taisir E. H. El-Gorashi +1

Hybrid radio frequency (RF) and visible light communication (VLC) networks have emerged as a promising solution for high-capacity indoor wireless connectivity in sixth-generation (…

eess.SP2026

Mobility Aware Power Control for VCSEL Based Indoor OWC

Walter Zibusiso Ncube, Ahmad Adnan Qidan, Taisir El-Gorashi +1

Optical wireless communication (OWC) is a promising technology for supporting data intensive services in indoor environments due to its large unregulated spectrum, high spatial reu…

eess.SP2026

A Hybrid Gauss Markov LSTM Mobility Model for Indoor OWC

Walter Zibusiso Ncube, Ahmad Adnan Qidan, Taisir El-Gorashi +1

Optical wireless communication (OWC) has emerged as a promising candidate for future high-capacity indoor wireless networks, driven by its large unregulated spectrum, high spatial…

eess.SY2026

DRL-based Power Allocation in LiDAL-Assisted RLNC-NOMA OWC Systems

Ahmed A. Hassan, Ahmad Adnan Qidan, Taisir Elgorashi +1

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is a promising technique for optical wireless communication (OWC), enabling multiple users to share the optical spectrum simultaneously throug…

eess.SY2025

Dynamic Power Allocation For NOMA-Based Transmission in 6G Optical Wireless Networks

Ahmad Adnan Qidan, Taisir El-Gorashi, Majid Safari +4

OWC has been considered as a key enabling technology to unlock unprecedented speeds of communication, supporting high demands of data traffic. In this paper, infrared lasers are us…

eess.SP2025

Energy-efficient Deep Reinforcement Learning-based Network Function Disaggregation in Hybrid Non-terrestrial Open Radio Access Networks

S. M. Mahdi Shahabi, Xiaonan Deng, Ahmad Qidan +2

This paper explores the integration of Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) principles with non-terrestrial networks (NTN) and investigates the optimization of the functional split be…

eess.SP2025

Predictive and Proactive Power Allocation For Energy Efficiency in Dynamic OWC Networks

Walter Zibusiso Ncube, Ahmad Adnan Qidan, Taisir El-Gorashi +1

Driven by the exponential growth in data traffic and the limitations of Radio Frequency (RF) networks, Optical Wireless Communication (OWC) has emerged as a promising solution for…

eess.SY2025

Adaptive DRL for IRS Mirror Orientation in Dynamic OWC Networks

Ahrar N. Hamad, Ahmad Adnan Qidan, Taisir E. H. El-Gorashi +1

Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) have emerged as a promising solution to mitigate line-of-sight (LoS) blockages and enhance signal coverage in optical wireless communication…

eess.SY2025★ 1 cited

LiDAL-Assisted RLNC-NOMA in OWC Systems

Ahmed A. Hassan, Ahmad Adnan Qidan, Taisir Elgorashi +1

Optical wireless communication (OWC) is a key enabler for immersive indoor data transmission in future wireless networks. However, managing multi-user interference remains challeng…

eess.SY2025

BIA Transmission in Rate Splitting-based Optical Wireless Networks

Ahmad Adnan Qidan, Khulood Alazwary, Taisir El-Gorashi +5

Optical wireless communication (OWC) has recently received massive interest as a new technology that can support the enormous data traffic increasing on daily basis. In particular,…

eess.SP2025

Machine Learning-Driven Adaptive Power Allocation for Optical Wireless Networks

Walter Zibusiso Ncube, Ahmad Adnan Qidan, Taisir El-Gorashi +1

Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) have gained popularity in Optical Wireless Communication (OWC) due to their high modulation bandwidth, narrow spectral width, and d…

eess.SY2024

Reinforcement Learning for Rate Maximization in IRS-aided OWC Networks

Ahrar N. Hamad, Ahmad Adnan Qidan, Taisir E. H. Elgorashi +1

Optical wireless communication (OWC) is envisioned as one of the main enabling technologies of 6G networks, complementing radio frequency (RF) systems to provide high data rates. O…

cs.NI2024

Energy-efficient Functional Split in Non-terrestrial Open Radio Access Networks

S. M. Mahdi Shahabi, Xiaonan Deng, Ahmad Qidan +2

This paper investigates the integration of Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) within non-terrestrial networks (NTN), and optimizing the dynamic functional split between Centralized…

cs.NI2024

Energy Efficient Service Placement for IoT Networks

Mohammed A. Alshahrani, Ahmad Adnan Qidan, Taisir E. H. El-Gorashi +1

In recent years, there has been a significant expansion in the Internet of Things (IoT), with a growing number of devices being connected to the internet. This has led to an increa…

cs.NI2024

Access-Point to Access-Point Connectivity for PON-based OWC Spine and Leaf Data Centre Architecture

Abrar S. Alhazmi, Sanaa H. Mohamed, Ahmad Qidan +2

In this paper, we propose incorporating Optical Wireless Communication (OWC) and Passive Optical Network (PON) technologies into next generation spine-and-leaf Data Centre Networks…

eess.SP2024

Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces assisted Laser-based Optical Wireless Communication Networks

Ahrar N. Hamad, Walter Zibusiso Ncube, Ahmad Adnan Qidan +2

The increasing demand for wireless networks of higher capacity requires key-enabling technologies. Optical wireless communication (OWC) arises as a complementary technology to radi…

eess.SP2023★ 1 cited

Deep Learning-based Power Allocation in Rate Splitting Optical Wireless Networks

Khulood D. Alazwary, Ahmad Adnan Qidan, T. E. H. El-Gorashi +1

Optical wireless communication (OWC) provides high aggregate data rates in the range of Terabits per second (Tb/s). Specifically, OWC using infrared lasers as transmitters has been…

eess.SP2023

Multiuser beam steering OWC system based on NOMA

Y. Zeng, Sanaa H. Mohamed, Ahmad Qidan +2

In this paper, we propose applying Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) technology in a multiuser beam steering OWC system. We study the performance of the NOMA-based multiuser be…

eess.SP2023

Relay Assisted Multiuser OWC Systems under Human Blockage

Y. Zeng, Sanaa H. Mohamed, Ahmad Qidan +2

This paper proposes using cooperative communication based on optoelectronic (O-E-O) amplify-and-forward relay terminals to reduce the influence of the blockage and shadowing result…

eess.SP2023

AI-Driven Resource Allocation in Optical Wireless Communication Systems

Abdelrahman S. Elgamal, Osama Z. Aletri, Barzan A. Yosuf +3

Visible light communication (VLC) is a promising solution to satisfy the extreme demands of emerging applications. VLC offers bandwidth that is orders of magnitude higher than what…

eess.SP2023

Rate Splitting for 6G Optical Wireless Networks

Khulood D. Alazwary, Ahmad Adnan Qidan, T. E. H. El-Gorashi +1

This paper evaluates the performance of rate splitting (RS), a robust interference management scheme, in an optical wireless communication (OWC) network that uses infrared lasers r…

eess.SY2023

Cooperative Artificial Neural Networks for Rate-Maximization in Optical Wireless Networks

Ahmad Adnan Qidan, Taisir El-Gorashi, Jaafar M. H. Elmirghani

Recently, Optical wireless communication (OWC) have been considered as a key element in the next generation of wireless communications due to its potential in supporting unpreceden…

eess.SP2022★ 6 cited

Multi-User Rate Splitting in Optical Wireless Networks

Ahmad Adnan Qidan, Khulood Alazwary, Taisir El-Gorashi +5

Optical wireless communication (OWC) has recently received massive interest as a new technology that can support the enormous data traffic increasing on daily basis. Laser-based OW…