Emerging next generation hybrid PON-VLC system: A review, applications and challenges

The rapid progress in emerging communication technologies, enhancing the next generation visible light communication (VLC) and passive optical network (PON) as a promising candidate for highly demanding sophisticated services and applications. The next generation hybrid PONVLC network provides high data rate, capacity, security, mobility, flexibility, energy efficiency and spectral efficiency to adapt existing technologies. In this paper, a hybrid PON-VLC architecture, its review and applications are discussed. Also, the major open challenges in hybrid PON-VLC are described.