PMID- 36502109 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20221216 LR - 20221221 IS - 1424-8220 (Electronic) IS - 1424-8220 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 23 DP - 2022 Dec 2 TI - Resource Allocation in Downlink VLC-NOMA Systems for Factory Automation Scenario. LID - 10.3390/s22239407 [doi] LID - 9407 AB - Industry 4.0 requires high-speed data exchange that includes fast, reliable, low-latency, and cost-effective data transmissions. As visible light communication (VLC) can provide reliable, low-latency, and secure connections that do not penetrate walls and are immune to electromagnetic interference; it can be considered a solution for Industry 4.0. The non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) technique can achieve high spectral efficiency using the same frequency and time resources for multiple users. It means that smaller amounts of resources will be used compared with orthogonal multiple access (OMA). Therefore, handling multiple data transmissions with VLC-NOMA can be easier for factory automation than OMA. However, as the transmit power is split, the reliability is reduced. Therefore, this study proposed a deep neural network (DNN)-based power-allocation algorithm (DBPA) to improve the reliability of the system. Further, to schedule multiple nodes in VLC-NOMA system, a priority-based user-pairing (PBUP) scheme is proposed. The proposed techniques in VLC-NOMA system were evaluated in terms of the factory automation scenario and showed that it improves reliability and reduces missed deadlines. FAU - Ryu, Won-Jae AU - Ryu WJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1987-5969 AD - ICT Convergence Research Center, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi 39177, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Jae-Woo AU - Kim JW AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2622-4219 AD - ICT Convergence Research Center, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi 39177, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Dong-Seong AU - Kim DS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2977-5964 AD - Department of IT Convergence Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi 39177, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221202 PL - Switzerland TA - Sensors (Basel) JT - Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101204366 SB - IM MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Automation MH - *Resource Allocation MH - *Light MH - Algorithms PMC - PMC9739748 OTO - NOTNLM OT - deep neural network (DNN) OT - factory automation OT - non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) OT - power allocation OT - reliability OT - user-pairing scheme OT - visible light communication (VLC) COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/12/12 06:00 MHDA- 2022/12/12 06:01 PMCR- 2022/12/02 CRDT- 2022/12/11 01:38 PHST- 2022/10/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/11/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/11/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/12/11 01:38 [entrez] PHST- 2022/12/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/12 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - s22239407 [pii] AID - sensors-22-09407 [pii] AID - 10.3390/s22239407 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sensors (Basel). 2022 Dec 2;22(23):9407. doi: 10.3390/s22239407.