Bandwidth-efficient visible light communication system based on faster-than-Nyquist pre-coded CAP modulation

With the rapid development of the light-emitting diode(LED) industry, interest in visible light communication(VLC) is growing. The limited bandwidth of commercial LEDs is one of the main challenges to achieve highspeed VLC. In this Letter, a kind of bandwidth-efficient VLC system based on carrierless amplitude and phase(CAP) modulation is proposed, where a simple differential faster-than-Nyquist(FTN) pre-coding scheme is employed to compress the spectrum and further improve the overall system baud rate. The system is experimentally demonstrated with a data rate of 1.47-Gb/s over 1.5 m free space transmission. The results indicate that an improvement of 80 Mbaud is achieved by FTN-CAP4 at 20% subband overlap and 40 Mbaud rate improvement by FTN-CAP16 at 7.5% subband overlap. Compared with traditional CAP, the FTN pre-coded CAP shows a better performance in spectral efficiency(SE) and intercarrier interference resistance. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first time to employ FTN pre-coded CAP in indoor high-data-rate VLC systems.     

A tutorial on laser-based lighting and visible light communications:device and technology [Invited]

This tutorial focuses on devices and technologies that are part of laser-based visible light communication(VLC)systems. Laser-based VLC systems have advantages over their light-emitting-diode-based counterparts, including having high transmission speed and long transmission distance. We summarize terminologies related to laser-based solid-state lighting and VLC, and further review the advances in device design and performance.The high-speed modulation characteristics of laser diodes and superluminescent diodes and the on-chip integration of optoelectronic components in the visible color regime, such as the high-speed integrated photodetector,are introduced. The modulation technology for laser-based white light communication systems and the challenges for future development are then discussed.     

Carrier-less amplitude and phase modulated visible light communication system based on a constellation-shaping scheme

In this Letter,we propose a novel constellation-shaping carrier-less amplitude and phase(CAP) modulation scheme to alleviate the systematic nonlinearity in visible light communication(VLC) systems.A simple geometric transformation shaping method is employed to convert the normal square lattice constellation into multiple circular constellations.The feasibility and performance are investigated and experimentally demonstrated by a 1.25 Gb/s CAP-modulated VLC system.The results indicate that the circular constellation has better resistance to systematic nonlinearity compared with a rectangular constellation.The dynamic range of input signal peak-to-peak values promotes 20% at a low bias voltage nonlinear area and 50% at a high bias voltage nonlinear area.To the best of our knowledge,this is the first time constellation-shaping CAP has ever been reported in indoor high data rate VLC systems.     

Orthogonal M-ary code shift keying spread spectrum underwater acoustic communication

M-ary and code shift keying（CSK）spread spectrum is generally applied to overcoming the spreading gain versus data rate limitation in underwater acoustic（UWA）communications.In addition,the concept of orthogonal M-ary CSK is introduced to UWA communication to gain higher rates.We propose a scheme employing dual-orthogonal-channel M-ary and CSK spread spectrum UWA communication based on Gold sequences owing large code set and good self and cross correlation.The modulation and demodulation scheme of the orthogonal M-ary CSK is derived algebraically and the factors critical to its performance are discussed.Furthermore,its bit error rate（BER）curve is evaluated via simulations and compared with the dual-channel M-ary CSK.Finally,the validity of the simulations is verified in tank experiments.1096.8 bps data rate of the proposed communication scheme is realized for 10 kbits data volume with no error.Overall through deduction,numerical simulation,and experiment,it is shown that the proposed method offers significantly improved performance.     

正交M元码元移位键控扩频水声通信

M元和码元移位键控(CSK)扩频在水声通信中被广泛采用来克服扩频增益对通信速率的限制。为了获得更高的通信速率,文章基于Gold序列较大的码本数量、良好的自相关和互相关特性,提出正交双通道的M元和CSK相结合的水声通信方法。通过公式推导描述了正交M元CSK的调制和解调流程及影响其性能的因素。并且,通过与双通道M元CSK的仿真比较,得到正交M元CSK的误码率曲线。最后,通过实验验证了仿真的有效性。并实现了10 kbits数据量下1096.8 bps通信速率的无误码传输。通过推导、仿真和实验,可以得到这样的结论:正交M元CSK提供了优良的通信性能。     

Enabling 5G indoor services for residential environment using VLC technology

Visible light communication (VLC) has emerged as a viable complement to traditional radio frequency (RF) based systems and as an enabler for high data rate communications for beyond-5G (B5G) indoor communication systems. In particular, the emergence of new B5G-based applications with quality of service (QoS) requirements and massive connectivity has recently led to research on the required service-levels and the development of improved physical (PHY) layer methods. As part of recent VLC standards development activities, the IEEE has formed the 802.11bb “Light Communications (LC) for Wireless Local Area Networking” standardization group. This paper investigates the network requirements of 5G indoor services such as virtual reality (VR) and high-definition (HD) video for residential environments using VLC. In this paper, we consider such typical VLC scenarios with additional impairments such as light-emitting diode (LED) nonlinearity and imperfect channel feedback, and propose hyperparameter-free mitigation techniques using Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space (RKHS) methods. In this context, we also propose using a direct current biased optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DCO-OFDM)-based adaptive VLC transmission method that uses precomputed bit error rate (BER) expressions for these RKHS-based detection methods and performs adaptive BER-based modulation-order switching. Simulations of channel impulse responses (CIRs) show that the adaptive transmission method provides significantly improved error rate performance, which makes it promising for high data rate VLC-based 5G indoor services.     

Optimized photoelectric receiver to enhance modulation bandwidth of visible light communication system

In the visible light communication (VLC) system which combines lighting and communication functions, the 3-dB modulation bandwidth is mainly limited by the light-emitting diode (LED) suffered high-frequency response attenuation. An optimized photoelectric receiver was proposed to enhance the 3-dB modulation bandwidth. The frequency response of the photoelectric receiver was derived. Theoretical analysis predicted that a gain peak would appear in the high-frequency response of the photoelectric receiver. The value of the gain and the frequency point of the gain peak can be adjusted by selecting appropriate values of feedback resistor and capacitor. Then, the measurement platform of 3-dB modulation bandwidth for blue-LED VLC system was established. Experimental measurements demonstrated that the photoelectric receiver with proper sets of feedback resistor and capacitor can compensate the high-frequency response attenuation of a normal LED. The 3-dB modulation bandwidth obtains 56% enhancement if the photoelectric receiver was replaced from a commercial one to our optimized design. In order to further expand the 3-dB modulation bandwidth, an equalization circuit consists of two-stage transistor amplifier and an emitter-follower was introduced to suppress the low-frequency response. The 3-dB modulation bandwidth for the VLC system with our optimized photoelectric receiver can be expanded to 241 or 281 MHz, while the circuit was, respectively, arranged as pre-equalization or post-equalization.     

A Novel and Adaptive Angle Diversity-Based Receiver for 6G Underground Mining VLC Systems

Visible light communication (VLC) is considered an enabling technology for future 6G wireless systems. Among the many applications in which VLC systems are used, one of them is harsh environments such as Underground Mining (UM) tunnels. However, these environments are subject to degrading environmental and intrinsic challenges for optical links. Therefore, current research should focus on solutions to mitigate these problems and improve the performance of Underground Mining Visible Light Communication (UM-VLC) systems. In this context, this article presents a novel solution that involves an improvement to the Angle Diversity Receivers (ADRs) based on the adaptive orientation of the Photo-Diodes (PDs) in terms of the Received Signal Strength Ratio (RSSR) scheme. Specifically, this methodology is implemented in a hemidodecahedral ADR and evaluated in a simulated UM-VLC scenario. The performance of the proposed design is evaluated using metrics such as received power, user data rate, and bit error rate (BER). Furthermore, our approach is compared with state-of-the-art ADRs implemented with fixed PDs and with the Time of Arrival (ToA) reception method. An improvement of at least 60% in terms of the analyzed metrics compared to state-of-the-art solutions is obtained. Therefore, the numerical results demonstrate that the hemidodecahedral ADR, with adaptive orientation PDs, enhances the received optical signal. Furthermore, the proposed scheme improves the performance of the UM-VLC system due to its optimum adaptive angular positioning, which is completed according to the strongest optical received signal power. By improving the performance of the UM-VLC system, this novel method contributes to further consideration of VLC systems as potential and enabling technologies for future 6G deployments.     

基于重复编码的海上可见光通信大气信道建模

可见光通信作为一种新型无线通信技术,在海上舰船场景中的应用吸引了广泛的关注.海上可见光通信系统受多种因素的影响,包括海浪随机起伏和大气湍流,大气湍流将导致可见光信号的强度随机波动,降低可见光通信系统在大气中的链路质量.本文基于对数正态衰减分布,建立了采用重复编码的海上可见光通信的链路评估模型.在此基础上,根据Pierson-Moskowitz海谱,分析了海上风速、大气折射率结构常数、能见度、重复编码分集度以及接收器孔径对可见光通信系统平均误码率的影响.本文提出的海上大气链路评估模型可为海上可见光通信网络的搭建提供重要参考.     

正交多载波M元循环移位键控扩频水声通信

针对水声扩频通信中频带利用率低的问题, 提出了一种M元扩频技术和循环移位键控(CSK)技术相结合的多载波调制方式, 将M元扩频后选择的扩频码同时采用CSK调制, 并调制在多个正交的载波上, 显著提高了频带利用率. 在水声多途信道下, 采用相同的通信速率和带宽, m序列、Kasami小集合序列和Gold序列为扩频码时, 比较了系统的误码性能. 仿真结果和实验结果均表明, m序列为扩频码时性能最优, Gold序列性能最差. 由于m序列数量有限, 为了进一步提高通信速率, 并使其他序列的性能接近m序列性能, 提出了一种复合序列抑制载波间干扰的算法, 该算法能够很好抑制多途干扰, 使复合序列性能接近m序列的性能. 关键词： M元扩频')" href="#">M元扩频 循环移位键控 正交多载波 载波间干扰     

正交码元移位键控扩频水声通信

码元移位键控(CSK)作为一种广义的M元扩频技术被广泛应用于水声通信领域来克服扩频增益对通信速率的限制.为了获得更高的通信速率, 减少通道间干扰, 并充分利用 CSK的冗余信息, 本文提出联合利用码元相位信息的正交双通道CSK扩频水声通信技术.首先, 推导了正交CSK每符号积分输出的表达式; 然后, 研究了正交CSK的性能及与传统CSK和双通道CSK对比仿真的误码率; 最后, 通过实验验证了仿真对比的正确性. 实现了正交CSK在10⁴ bits, 4 kHz带宽下580.6 bps通信速率的有效传输. 通过公式推导、 仿真分析和实验研究, 得到正交CSK提供了优良的性能的结论. 关键词： 水声通信 扩频 正交 CSK     

基于白光LED照明光源的室内VLC系统

LED照明与可见光通信技术相结合,构建出基于LED可见光无线通信系统。对室内VLC(Visible Light Communication)系统的白光LED光源特性和系统信道模型分析,提出照明光源布局设计与接收光功率分布的关系;对强度调制直接检测方式的室内VLC系统中信噪比和多径效应引起的码间串扰分析,提出采用光分集接收技术克服码间串扰和提高信噪比,并给出光检测器阵列布局的模型。建立VLC系统仿真模型,给出OOK-NRZ (On-Off Keying & Non-Return Zero)和OOK-RZ(On-Off Keying & Return Zero)调制方式的误码率和均方根时延扩展之间的关系曲线。仿真结果表明,接收光功率相同时,均方根时延扩展时间大于1.0 ns时,OOK-RZ特性优于OOK-NRZ。     

Dispersion compensation in an open-loop all-optical chaotic communication system

The optical chaotic communication system using open-loop fiber transmission is studied under strong injection conditions. The optical chaotic communication system with open-loop configuration is studied using fiber transmission under strong injection conditions. The performances of fiber links composed of two types of fiber segments in different dispersion compensation maps are compared by testing the quality of the recovered message with different bit rates and encrypted by chaotic modulation (CM) or chaotic shift keying (CSK). The result indicates that the performance of the pre-compensation map is always worst. Two types of symmetrical maps are identical whatever the encryption method and bit-rate of message are. For the transmitting and the recovering of message of lower bit rate (1 Gb/s), the post-compensation map is the best scheme. However, for the message of higher bit rate (2.5 Gb/s), the parameters in communication system need to be modified properly in order to adapt to the high-speed application. Meanwhile, two types of symmetrical maps are the best scheme. In addition, the CM method is superior to the CSK method for high-speed applications. It is in accordance with the result in a back-to-back configuration system.     

Simple digital FIR equalizer design for improving the phosphor LED modulation bandwidth in visible light communication

We propose and demonstrate a simple digital post-equalization technique to improve the bandwidth-limitation of light-emitting-diode (LED) visible-light-communication (VLC) channel. The design of finite-impulse-response equalizer according to the channel response is presented to improve the bandwidth limitation of LED VLC channel. Here, no optical blue filter is used. The simulation and experimental results show $\sim $ ～ 10 times enhancement of the direct modulation speed of white-light LED VLC system. When compares with the previous demonstration using high-pass equalization circuit constructed by lumped capacitor and resistor, the proposed scheme shows an improvement in signal quality and transmission distance, and a 10 Mbit/s error-free free-space transmission over 1 m can be achieved under the bit error rate of $< 10^{-9}$ < 10 ? 9 .     

Optimization of the two-stage common-emitter transistor amplifier for equalization circuit in visible light communication system

The equalization circuit in the visible light communication (VLC) system has large impacts on the frequency response and can greatly improve the 3-dB modulation bandwidth. The optimization of the two-stage common-emitter transistor amplifier for equalization circuit is presented in detail and the design rules are disclosed. At first, the frequency response of the single-stage amplifier is derived and the simulated characteristic curves illustrated the changing regularity of four main factors are given. Subsequently, the frequency response of the two-stage amplifier is investigated by simulation. It is shown that the capacitors in the resistance–capacitance (RC) network has large impacts on the low-frequency range, while the resistors in the RC network can adjust the high-frequency, and the resistors in the emitter can adjust the low-frequency. Experimental measurements of the fabricated equalization circuit demonstrated the simulation results. Then, the two-stage amplifier is induced as post-equalization circuit (post-EQC) or pre-equalization circuit (pre-EQC) and the measured frequency response curves are given. The equalization circuit with proper sets of capacitors and resistors would flatten the frequency response curve of the VLC system. It is shown that the 3-dB modulation bandwidth of the VLC system equipped with post-EQC or pre-EQC can be expanded to 292 MHz or 304 MHz, respectively. Moreover, if the photoelectric receiver and the post-EQC are combined in the optimization, the 3-dB modulation bandwidth can be expanded to 375 MHz.     

室内可见光多维CAP空间调制

针对室内可见光通信（VLC）光链路发射源（LED器件）有限的调制带宽问题,基于多维无载波幅度相位调制（CAP）技术,提出一种频带利用率高效的光空间调制方案（OSM-CAP）。OSM-CAP系统将输入信息序列分成两部分,一部分进行空域映射即空间调制,其结果用来选择激活的LED;另一部分进行信号域映射,即CAP调制。其中,CAP调制采用序列二次规划算法求取的时域正交多维CAP滤波器组实现。对于采用强度调制/直接检测（IM/DD）的VLC系统,该CAP信号还将进行单极化处理,文中提出两种相应的解决方案,即采用添加直流偏置（OSM-DCO/CAP方案）和零值位置极性编码（OSM-U/CAP方案）。基于朗伯体辐射模型,且可见光背景噪声建模为加性高斯白噪声,推导了OSM-DCO/CAP、OSM-U/CAP调制方案的误码率理论解,仿真验证了其准确性。在5 m×5 m×3 m的室内场景下,探讨了无载波幅度相位调制维度以及接收机个数、发射机间距、收发平面距离以及链路遮挡情况等信道参数对系统性能的影响。结果表明,星座调制阶数相同时,CAP调制维度越高,误码性能越好;接收机个数增多、发射机间距加大以及收发平面距离减小与系统可靠性存在正相关关系;链路存在遮挡情况时,会提高信道间的差异性,改善系统性能。     

Investigation of RIS Enabled Mixed RF/VLC Relaying with Interference

The present research work aims at analyzing a variable gain amplify-and-forward (AF) relaying system with reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) systems to set-up a mixed communication system with visible light communication (VLC). The RIS and VLC forms of communication will hold utmost importance in the future generations of wireless communication. However, while implementation, various practical challenges are to be dealt with. One such challenge is the impact of interference on the reliability of the communication setup. To evaluate this, it has been assumed that the channel state information (CSI) aided amplify-and-forward (AF) relay node operates in the vicinity of multiple co-channel interferers (CCIs). For the considered system model, closed-form expressions have been derived for outage probability and bit error rate (BER) of the system. The formulation of symbol error rate (SER) has also been presented to generalize the findings. The analysis has been taken forward to showcase the impact of various system parameters such as number of elements in RIS, length and inclination angles of the VLC system along with number and strength of the interferers in system. It has been observed during investigation that the increment in the number of reflecting elements in the RIS has a major contribution in minimizing the signal degradation caused due to the multiple CCIs. Numerical results have been verified using the Monte-Carlo simulations.     

猝发混合扩频水声隐蔽通信技术

针对常规的连续载波调制扩频通信方式容易通过能量检测的方法被截获的问题,提出了一种猝发的混合扩频水声隐蔽通信方式,该方法通过在时间上随机的发送脉冲混合调制扩频信号来降低截获概率,而且可以比较灵活的通过调整平均占空比来满足不同隐蔽性的要求,但是该隐蔽性是以牺牲通信速率为代价的。猝发信号中混合了二进制相位键控(BPSK)、循环移位键控(CSK)和多进制频移键控(MFSK)扩频调制方式,采用自同步和时频二维搜索算法实现码元和载波同步。通过仿真分析了猝发通信系统的隐蔽性能和多途信道下的误码性能,并且通过了南海海试验证了算法的性能,在5 km的通信距离上,4 kHz的带宽内,单个脉冲信号的通信速率可以达到317 bps,误码率达到10^-3以下。     

Matching theory based user-grouping for indoor non-orthogonal multiple access visible light communication heterogeneous networks

This Letter proposes a model of indoor visible light communication(VLC) heterogeneous networks entirely based on LEDs with different specifications and applies non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA) to it because of the narrow modulation bandwidth of LEDs. Moreover, a user-grouping scheme that is based on matching theory is proposed to improve the network achievable sum rate. Simulation results indicate that when each NOMA cluster contains 6 users, the proposed scheme has a 49.54% sum-rate enhancement compared with the traditional user-grouping scheme. As the number of users in each NOMA cluster increases, the proposed scheme performs better at the cost of computational complexity.     

Blind channel estimation for DCO-OFDM based vehicular visible light communication

Blind channel estimation (CE) methods for OFDM based RF communication provide high-rate transmission by eliminating pilot overhead in conventional pilot-based methods, at the cost of lower accuracy. However, there is no work on the blind CE for OFDM based visible light communication (VLC) systems. In this paper, we propose a novel blind CE method for vehicular VLC with the goal of improving CE accuracy based on the exploitation of the channel statistics derived, by utilizing extensive amount of data collected for different communication angles, distances, and ambient light conditions. First, the normalized channel frequency response (CFR) of the V2LC channel is demonstrated to be invariant of inter-vehicular distance, relative transmitter/receiver zenith angle and ambient light. Then, this channel characteristic is exploited in the blind CE to improve its accuracy with two-step estimation of normalization factor. Extensive simulations at different vehicle speeds show that the proposed method outperforms the pilot-based and superimposed training-based CE methods in terms of spectral efficiency both for all modulation schemes and at all relative speeds. The proposed blind channel estimation (CE) method provides 9.77% increase in the spectral efficiency, compared to the second best method, superimposed training-based CE, at 20 dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and 160 km/h relative speed, for 64-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) Direct Current-Biased Optical Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (DCO-OFDM). Moreover, the real-time performance of the proposed blind CE is demonstrated for a realistic vehicle mobility scenario extracted from SUMO.