Raul Zamorano Illanes (DC9)
Design and development of optical sensors for WSN
Current work:
Raul’s work focuses on the development of Sensor Nodes for Internet of Things wireless sensor networks based on hybrid radio frequency and optical wireless communications. The use of Photovoltaic cells as dual-purpose devices for energy harvesting and communications, as well as optical cameras provided with CMOS image sensors, enables their use as optical receivers of communication signals due to the rolling shutter effect generated by the digitisation circuit. The development aims for the reduction of the power consumption and the establishment of secure and reliable optical wireless communications.
Supervisor:
Prof. Zabih Ghassemlooy
Co-Supervisors:
Prof. Stanislav Zvanovec, Dr. Geoff Archenhold, Dr. Qiang Wu, Dr. Yongtao Qu
List of publications
2026
R. Zamorano-Illanes, H. Ma, K. Eollos-Jarosikova, Q. Wu, S. Zvánovec, Z. Ghassemlooy, N. Hernandez-Yanez, I. Soto, Integrated Sensing and Communications Using a Plastic Optical Fibre on a Robotic Arm, IEEE 15th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2026 DOI: 10.1109/CSNDSP68462.2026.11654402.
J. Solis, R. Zamorano-Illanes, Z. Ghassemlooy, Q. Wu, X. Li, S. Zvanovec, H. Le Minh, “Analysis of Positioning Performance Degradation Under Receiver Model Mismatch in PV-Based VLP,” IEEE 15th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2026 DOI: 10.1109/CSNDSP68462.2026.11654442.
A.F. Usmani, R. Zamorano-Illanes, Q. Wu, P. Fonseca, Z. Ghassemlooy, S. Zvanovec, L. Alves (2026, July). “Real-Time PWM Recovery in Rolling Shutter OCC Using Header-Based Packet Detection: An Experimental Study”. In 2026, the IEEE 15th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing. DOI: 10.1109/CSNDSP68462.2026.11654408.
L. Martínez, M. Romero, F. Amarfil, N. Hernandez-Yanez, R. Zamorano-Illanes, I. Soto, Q. Wu, “SPR-TFBG Fibre-Optic Sensor for Nitrite Detection: Simulation and Wavelength-Shift Quantification,” IEEE 15th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2026. DOI: 10.1109/CSNDSP68462.2026.11654409.
N. Morales-Perez, I. Soto, R. Zamorano-Illanes, D. Zabala-Blanco, “A Hybrid VLC-IR Optical Wireless Architecture with Load Balancing for NLoS Tunnels,” IEEE 15th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2026. DOI: 10.1109/CSNDSP68462.2026.11654383.
I. Silva, I. Soto, P. Palacios Játiva, R. Zamorano-Illanes, “Robust Wavelet-First Preprocessing for IM/DD-OOK under Drift and Impulsive Transients,” IEEE 15th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2026. DOI: 10.1109/CSNDSP68462.2026.11654437.
N. Hernandez-Yanez, R. Zamorano-Illanes, C. Carreno, Q. Wu, N. Krommenacker, I. Soto, Z. Ghassemlooy, “Marker-Based Alignment for a Plastic Optical Fibre-Based Visible Light Communication Link in Robotics,” IEEE 15th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2026. DOI: 10.1109/CSNDSP68462.2026.11654502.
A. Aslanidis, T. Kamalakis, S. Zvanovec, R. Zamorano-Illanes, and Z. Ghassemlooy, Area-Efficient Design and Optimization of Dual-Function Photovoltaic Receivers for Indoor Optical IoT Networks, Optical Engineering, 2026 DOI: 10.1117/1.OE.65.7.078103.
S. K. Modalavalasa, R. Zamorano-Illanes, C. Guerra Yanez, S. Rajendra Teli, Z. Ghassemlooy and S. Zvanovec, "Optical Wireless Communication-Based Vehicular Fleet Management Case Analogy With Digital Twin IoT Middleware," in IEEE Access, vol. 14, pp. 10384-10394, 2026. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3652550.
2025
A. Muñoz-Torres, I. Soto, R. Zamorano-Illanes, D. Zabala-Blanco, C. Azurdia, M. Ijaz, “YOLOv12-Enhanced Drone Detection with Parametric Analysis of LED-Based Indoor Positioning System,” IEEE Latin-American Conference on Communications (LATINCOM), Antigua, Guatemala, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/LATINCOM67778.2025.11345434.
A. Muñoz-Torres, I. Soto, R. Zamorano-Illanes, D. Zabala-Blanco, C. Azurdia, Z. Ghassemlooy, M. Ijaz, “Integration of Optical Wireless Positioning and Deep Learning-Based Drone Detection,” South American Conference on Visible Light Communications (SACVLC), La Paz, Bolivia, pp. 1–6, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/SACVLC67412.2025.11262018.
R. Zamorano-Illanes, Z. Ghassemlooy, Q. Wu, X. Li, J. Solis-Torrejon, I. Soto, S. Zvanovec, “A Two Colour M-PAM Optical Camera Communication System for Near-Field Robotic Applications,” South American Conference on Visible Light Communications (SACVLC), La Paz, Bolivia, pp. 1–6, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/SACVLC67412.2025.11261925.
N. Amini, A. Gholami, E. Bagheri, N. S. Kordavani, Z. Ghassemlooy, R. Zamorano-Illanes, “Modeling and Experimental Investigation of Ambient Light Effect in Indoor NIR-OCC Systems,” International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM), Split, Croatia, pp. 1–5, 2025. DOI: 10.23919/SoftCOM66362.2025.11197430.
R. Zamorano-Illanes, Z. Ghassemlooy, Q. Wu, X. Li, S.R. Teli, C. Guerra-Yánez, S. Zvanovec, “Analysis of Segmentation Techniques for Space Multiplexing in a Rolling Shutter Optical Camera Communication”, The 33rd International Conference on Software, Telecommunications, and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2025), Split, Croatia, September 2025. DOI: 10.23919/SoftCOM66362.2025.11197445.
A. Aslanidis, T. Kamalakis, S. Zvanovec, R. Zamorano-Illanes, Z. Ghassemlooy, “Performance Analysis and Modeling of an Indoor IoT-Oriented Energy Harvesting Optical Wireless Sensor Network”, The 33rd International Conference on Software, Telecommunications, and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2025), Split, Croatia, September 2025. DOI: 10.23919/SoftCOM66362.2025.11197349.
Y. Shen, R. Zamorano-Illanes, H. Ma, B. Cai, Q. Wu, Z. Ghassemlooy, Y. Semenova, “Dynamic Refractive Index Sensing Using a Tapered U-Shaped Fiber and an Interrogator with Real-Time Spectral Waterfall Visualization”, SoftCOM, Split, Croatia, 2025. DOI: 10.23919/SoftCOM66362.2025.11197465.
R. Zamorano-Illanes, Z. Ghassemlooy, X. Li, O. Younus, S. Zvánovec, I. Soto, “ Time Span of an Image Frame Using a CMOS Sensor in Rolling Shutter-Based Optical Camera Communications.” IET Optoelectronics: e70022, 2025. DOI: 10.1049/ote2.70022.
A. Aslanidis, T. Kamalakis, S. Zvanovec, R. Zamorano-Illanes, Z. Ghassemlooy, "Modeling of an energy harvesting hybrid radio frequency optical wireless sensor network," Appl. Opt. 64, 6348-6358 (2025) DOI: 10.1364/AO.564969.
2024
R. Zamorano-Illanes, Z. Ghassemlooy, O. Younus, X. Li, S. Zvanovec, I. Soto, S. Gutierrez, ‘Impact of the CMOS Pixel Clock on Optical Camera Communication Using Rolling Shutter Mode’, in 2024 14th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP) (CSNDSP 2024), Rome, Italy, July, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/CSNDSP60683.2024.10636659.
S.K. Modalavalasa, A.F. Usmani, A. Pouralizadeh, C. Giachoudis, L.M. Giraldo, R. Zamorano-Illanes, Z. Ghassemlooy, S. Zvanovec, V. Jungnickel, A. Khalighi, L. Nero Alves, J. Perez Soler, P. Fonseca, "Evolution of OWC: A Collaborative Contour Across Various Sectors," in 2024 14th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP 2024), 2024. DOI: 10.1109/CSNDSP60683.2024.10636621.
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Background
Raul began his studies in Electrical Engineering at the University of Santiago de Chile, where he became involved, since his undergraduate studies, in the Multidisciplinary Centre for Research in Telecommunications Technologies (CIMTT), where he started to study optical wireless communications (OWC), specifically related to industrial applications for mining, precision agriculture and public health applications. He joined the Optical Communications Research Group, based at Northumbria University, for the development of sensor nodes focused on energy harvesting and OWC.