The visible light communications (VLC) or LiFi technology emerges as a novel optical wireless communication (OWC) technology that leverages ubiquitous light sources, i.e. light-emitting diode (LED) ceiling lights or displays, to transmit data wirelessly. Operating on the visible light spectrum holds great potential to mitigate the bandwidth shortage and interference problems of the more established radio frequency (RF) based systems such as cellular, WiFi and Bluetooth. More recently we have seen growing research activities in light communications (LC) as a complementary wireless communications technology to the more established RF based systems. Research has already brought the technology close to commercialization and standardization, however several challenges still remain unsolved, especially when it comes to practical systems and identifying killer applications that can attract a wide adoption. The objective of this workshop is to explore light enabled networks and applications.

Topics of Interest

The Light Enabled Networks and Applications workshop, LENA 2019, will bring together a diverse community to present and brainstorm on a broad set of VLC and LiFi related topics. The workshop cordially invites researchers to share latest research and innovations in VLC and LiFi technologies, as well as their applications, including theory and practice in system design. We are seeking papers and demos on topics that include but are not limited to:

Submission Information

The LENA 19 only accepts original and unpublished papers with no longer than 6 pages. The manuscripts should be formatted in standard IEEE camera-ready format (double column, 10-pt font) and be submitted as PDF files (formatted for 8.5-inch x 11-inch paper). Prospective authors should submit their papers though EDAS. Please make sure that the paper title and the list of authors included in the submitted PDF file is the same as those included in the EDAS paper registration page.

All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by the program committee members. To be published in the ICCSPA 19 Conference Proceedings and appear in the IEEE Xplore, at least one author of the accepted paper(s) should register for the conference at the full rate and give a presentation in the workshop. For authors with multiple accepted papers, one full registration is valid for up to 2 papers.

Important Dates

• Paper Submission Deadline: January 31, 2019

• Acceptance Notification: February 15, 2019

• Final Manuscript: March 1, 2019

• Workshop: March 19, 2019