Utilization of Optical OFDM Modulation on Blue LED VLC Datacom Without Equalization for 4 m Wireless Link

To achieve higher visible light communication (VLC) traffic capacity, using the wide bandwidth light-emitting diode (LED) and spectral efficiency modulation signal, is currently the most commonly used method. In this demonstration, we apply the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing quadrature a...

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Main Authors: Yuan-Zeng Lin, Chien-Hung Yeh, Wen-Piao Lin, Chi-Wai Chow
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-10-01
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description To achieve higher visible light communication (VLC) traffic capacity, using the wide bandwidth light-emitting diode (LED) and spectral efficiency modulation signal, is currently the most commonly used method. In this demonstration, we apply the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing quadrature amplitude modulation (OFDM-QAM) with bit- and power-loading algorithm on single blue LED to achieve >1 Gbit/s VLC capacity, when a 400 MHz bandwidth avalanche photodiode (APD)-based receiver (Rx) is exploited for decoding. Here, the higher sensitivity APD can be applied to compensate for the wireless VLC link length in the proposed LED VLC system, and due to the lower LED illumination (255 to 40 lux), is used for the indoor access network after passing the wireless link length of 1 to 4 m. As a result, using single blue LED can achieve 0.962 to 1.057 Gbit/s OFDM rate with available 400 MHz bandwidth APD in poorly illuminated condition indoors without applying analogy equalization.
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spelling doaj-art-b5d8cf4de9644a67b8ac479f194e7f1f2025-08-20T02:04:59ZengMDPI AGMicromachines2072-666X2024-10-011511132210.3390/mi15111322Utilization of Optical OFDM Modulation on Blue LED VLC Datacom Without Equalization for 4 m Wireless LinkYuan-Zeng Lin0Chien-Hung Yeh1Wen-Piao Lin2Chi-Wai Chow3Department of Photonics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300093, TaiwanDepartment of Photonics, Feng Chia University, Taichung 407802, TaiwanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333323, TaiwanDepartment of Photonics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300093, TaiwanTo achieve higher visible light communication (VLC) traffic capacity, using the wide bandwidth light-emitting diode (LED) and spectral efficiency modulation signal, is currently the most commonly used method. In this demonstration, we apply the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing quadrature amplitude modulation (OFDM-QAM) with bit- and power-loading algorithm on single blue LED to achieve >1 Gbit/s VLC capacity, when a 400 MHz bandwidth avalanche photodiode (APD)-based receiver (Rx) is exploited for decoding. Here, the higher sensitivity APD can be applied to compensate for the wireless VLC link length in the proposed LED VLC system, and due to the lower LED illumination (255 to 40 lux), is used for the indoor access network after passing the wireless link length of 1 to 4 m. As a result, using single blue LED can achieve 0.962 to 1.057 Gbit/s OFDM rate with available 400 MHz bandwidth APD in poorly illuminated condition indoors without applying analogy equalization.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/15/11/1322visible light communication (VLC)OFDM-QAMblue LEDAPDequalization
spellingShingle Yuan-Zeng Lin
Chien-Hung Yeh
Wen-Piao Lin
Chi-Wai Chow
Utilization of Optical OFDM Modulation on Blue LED VLC Datacom Without Equalization for 4 m Wireless Link
Micromachines
visible light communication (VLC)
OFDM-QAM
blue LED
APD
equalization
title Utilization of Optical OFDM Modulation on Blue LED VLC Datacom Without Equalization for 4 m Wireless Link
title_full Utilization of Optical OFDM Modulation on Blue LED VLC Datacom Without Equalization for 4 m Wireless Link
title_fullStr Utilization of Optical OFDM Modulation on Blue LED VLC Datacom Without Equalization for 4 m Wireless Link
title_full_unstemmed Utilization of Optical OFDM Modulation on Blue LED VLC Datacom Without Equalization for 4 m Wireless Link
title_short Utilization of Optical OFDM Modulation on Blue LED VLC Datacom Without Equalization for 4 m Wireless Link
title_sort utilization of optical ofdm modulation on blue led vlc datacom without equalization for 4 m wireless link
topic visible light communication (VLC)
OFDM-QAM
blue LED
APD
equalization
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/15/11/1322
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