A Scalable and License Free 5G Internet of Radio Light Architecture for Services in Homes & Businesses

Abstract

In this paper we present a 5G Internet Radio-Light (IoRL) architecture for homes that can be readily deployed because it utilizes unlicensed visible light and millimeter wave part of the spectrum, which does not require Mobile Network Operator (MNO) permission to deploy and which is used to provide inhabitants of houses with accurate location, interaction, access to Internet and Cloud based services such as high resolution video on a Tablet PC. The paper describes the home use cases and the IoRL architecture.

Which LiFi's apps may fit mostly to 5G and beyond-5G Technology?

“…Specific examples of set of performance KPIs selected in various use cases for 5G combined with LiFi is described in [10], [11], [15] and [16] including: In this work, we consider having LiFi technologies as part of new spectrum for 5G/B5G and focus on the following subset of key criteria:…”

“…Seven key apps are analysed: Communications between Vehicles (CBV) [9], Home and in-building (HO) [10], [11]. Hospitals (HS) [12], In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) [13], Museum (MU) [14], Supermarket (SU) [15] and Underground Train (UT) [16].…”

SDN, slicing, and NFV paradigms for a smart home: A comprehensive survey

“…Other works proposed a vCPE deploy‐to‐edge model . This encompasses vCPE at the provider edge or at the customer CPE (home gateway).…”

“…The main idea is evolving the home gateway to a simple bridge (low layer connectivity) between the home network and the access network and virtualizing the advanced features such as firewall, parental control, etc. 53,54 Recent research works 55,56,[65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73] combined SDN and NFV to provide not only a flexible management of the home network but also a faster deployment of new revenue-generating services. This architecture aims to reduce the OpEX and CapEX costs.…”

“…Other works proposed a vCPE deploy-to-edge model. 65,[69][70][71][72][73] This encompasses vCPE at the provider edge or at the customer CPE (home gateway). In the work of Lombardo et al, 69 an open framework, called NFs at the edge, is proposed as a distributed vCPE platform.…”