Systems and methods for providing wireless communications to a device using both optical and radio frequency transmission

A system for providing wireless communications for a device, the system comprising:

• at least one antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements;
• at least one optical array comprising a plurality of optical transmitters;
• and
• a processor configured to execute operations, comprising:
• receiving a first indication, at a first time, that a device is capable of receiving data via optical transmission and including information identifying a type of data communication requested by the device;
• utilizing the type of data requested by the device, determining one or more first packets of data of a first type of data to communicate to the device via optical transmission, wherein the first type of data is associated with non-critical communications;
• utilizing the type of data requested by the device, determining one or more second packets of data of a second type of data to communicate to the device via radio frequency (RF) transmission, wherein the one or more second packets of data of the second type of data is associated with critical communications;
• utilizing an optical transmitter of the plurality of optical transmitters to transmit the one or more first packets of data of the first type of data to the device via optical transmission;
• and
• utilizing an antenna element of the plurality of antenna elements to transmit the one or more second packets of data of the second type of data to the device via RF transmission.