Power efficient visible light communication systems under dimming constraint

Visible light communication (VLC) is a short range optical wireless communication using the light emitting diode (LED) lights, which can provide both illumination and communication. In this paper, we characterize the indoor multi-path dispersion for VLC and propose multiple pulse position modulation...

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Main Authors: Jinwoo Kim, Kwonhyung Lee, Hyuncheol Park
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Brightness
Dispersion
Light emitting diodes
Lighting
Modulation
Optical pulses
Optical transmitters
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Summary:Visible light communication (VLC) is a short range optical wireless communication using the light emitting diode (LED) lights, which can provide both illumination and communication. In this paper, we characterize the indoor multi-path dispersion for VLC and propose multiple pulse position modulation (MPPM) as a power efficient modulation. Due to the reflections in indoor environment, equalization process is essential to mitigate inter-symbol interference (ISI). Frequency domain equalizer (FDE) is implemented to reduce computational complexity. We evaluate communication performance in terms of bit error rate (BER) and the spectral efficiency. Simulation results show that the proposed system yields a comparable BER performance to other equalization systems with lower complexity.
ISSN:2166-9570
DOI:10.1109/PIMRC.2012.6362675