  The requirements in terms of service quality such as data rate, latency,
power consumption, number of connectivity of future fifth-generation (5G)
communication is very high. Moreover, in Internet of Things (IoT) requires
massive connectivity. Optical wireless communication (OWC) technologies such as
visible light communication, light fidelity, optical camera communication, and
free space optical communication can effectively serve for the successful
deployment of 5G and IoT. This paper clearly presents the contributions of OWC
networks for 5G and IoT solutions.
