Optimization of Surface Configuration in IRS-Aided MIMO-VLC: A BER Minimization Approach

Due to its ability to reconfigure the optical channel, intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has revealed its great potential for enhancing the performance of visible light communication (VLC) systems. In this paper, we apply a mirror array-based IRS in typical multiple-input multiple-output based VL...

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Main Authors: Xin Zhong, Chen Chen, Wanli Wen, Min Liu, H. Y. Fu, Harald Haas
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Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
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Min Liu
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description Due to its ability to reconfigure the optical channel, intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has revealed its great potential for enhancing the performance of visible light communication (VLC) systems. In this paper, we apply a mirror array-based IRS in typical multiple-input multiple-output based VLC (MIMO-VLC) systems and optimize the IRS configuration to minimize the system bit error rate (BER). By utilizing the tight analytical BER upper bound, a BER minimization problem is formulated subject to the IRS configuration constraints. To solve this problem, an optimization algorithm is proposed which decomposes the original problem into three sub-problems, and the complexity of the algorithm is analyzed. The superiority of the obtained optimal IRS configuration scheme over the baseline scheme in terms of BER performance has been successfully verified through simulations in an indoor IRS-aided <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$4\times 4$</tex-math></inline-formula> MIMO-VLC system applying different MIMO techniques.
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spelling doaj-art-5d0057aad85e45a59f8cd445f54f12322025-08-20T03:33:11ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552024-01-0116311210.1109/JPHOT.2024.339589410517366Optimization of Surface Configuration in IRS-Aided MIMO-VLC: A BER Minimization ApproachXin Zhong0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9550-1259Chen Chen1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2541-6283Wanli Wen2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-8466Min Liu3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0533-7123H. Y. Fu4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4276-0011Harald Haas5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9705-2701School of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, ChinaSchool of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, ChinaSchool of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, ChinaSchool of Microelectronics and Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, ChinaTsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, ChinaTechnology Innovation Centre, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K.Due to its ability to reconfigure the optical channel, intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) has revealed its great potential for enhancing the performance of visible light communication (VLC) systems. In this paper, we apply a mirror array-based IRS in typical multiple-input multiple-output based VLC (MIMO-VLC) systems and optimize the IRS configuration to minimize the system bit error rate (BER). By utilizing the tight analytical BER upper bound, a BER minimization problem is formulated subject to the IRS configuration constraints. To solve this problem, an optimization algorithm is proposed which decomposes the original problem into three sub-problems, and the complexity of the algorithm is analyzed. The superiority of the obtained optimal IRS configuration scheme over the baseline scheme in terms of BER performance has been successfully verified through simulations in an indoor IRS-aided <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$4\times 4$</tex-math></inline-formula> MIMO-VLC system applying different MIMO techniques.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10517366/Intelligent reflecting surfacemultiple-input multiple-outputvisible light communication
spellingShingle Xin Zhong
Chen Chen
Wanli Wen
Min Liu
H. Y. Fu
Harald Haas
Optimization of Surface Configuration in IRS-Aided MIMO-VLC: A BER Minimization Approach
IEEE Photonics Journal
Intelligent reflecting surface
multiple-input multiple-output
visible light communication
title Optimization of Surface Configuration in IRS-Aided MIMO-VLC: A BER Minimization Approach
title_full Optimization of Surface Configuration in IRS-Aided MIMO-VLC: A BER Minimization Approach
title_fullStr Optimization of Surface Configuration in IRS-Aided MIMO-VLC: A BER Minimization Approach
title_full_unstemmed Optimization of Surface Configuration in IRS-Aided MIMO-VLC: A BER Minimization Approach
title_short Optimization of Surface Configuration in IRS-Aided MIMO-VLC: A BER Minimization Approach
title_sort optimization of surface configuration in irs aided mimo vlc a ber minimization approach
topic Intelligent reflecting surface
multiple-input multiple-output
visible light communication
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10517366/
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