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Optimization of non-orthogonal multiple access based visible light communication systems
In visible light communication (VLC), the data is transmitted by modulating the light emitting diode (LED). The data-rate is throttled by the narrow modulation bandwidth of LEDs, which becomes a barrier for attaining high transmission rates. Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is a new scheme envisioned to improve the system capacity. In addition to multiple access schemes, optimization techniques are applied to further improve the data rate. In this letter, convex optimization is applied to NOMA-based VLC system for downlink. The proposed optimization system is analyzed in terms of the bit error rate (BER) and the sum-rate
SCMA with Low Complexity Symmetric Codebook Design for Visible Light Communication
Sparse code multiple access (SCMA) is attracting significant research
interests currently, which is considered as a promising multiple access
technique for 5G systems. It serves as a good candidate for the future
communication network with massive nodes due to its capability of handling user
overloading. Introducing SCMA to visible light communication (VLC) can provide
another opportunity on design of transmission protocols for the communication
network with massive nodes due to the limited communication range of VLC, which
reduces the interference intensity. However, when applying SCMA in VLC systems,
we need to modify the SCMA codebook to accommodate the real and positive signal
requirement for VLC.We apply multidimensional constellation design methods to
SCMA codebook. To reduce the design complexity, we also propose a symmetric
codebook design. For all the proposed design approaches, the minimum Euclidean
distance aims to be maximized. Our symmetric codebook design can reduce design
and detection complexity simultaneously. Simulation results show that our
design implies fast convergence with respect to the number of iterations, and
outperforms the design that simply modifies the existing approaches to VLC
signal requirements
Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access for Hybrid VLC-RF Networks with Imperfect Channel State Information
The present contribution proposes a general framework for the energy
efficiency analysis of a hybrid visible light communication (VLC) and Radio
Frequency (RF) wireless system, in which both VLC and RF subsystems utilize
nonorthogonal multiple access (NOMA) technology. The proposed framework is
based on realistic communication scenarios as it takes into account the
mobility of users, and assumes imperfect channel-state information (CSI). In
this context, tractable closed-form expressions are derived for the
corresponding average sum rate of NOMA-VLC and its orthogonal frequency
division multiple access (OFDMA)-VLC counterparts. It is shown extensively that
incurred CSI errors have a considerable impact on the average energy efficiency
of both NOMA-VLC and OFDMAVLC systems and hence, they should not be neglected
in practical designs and deployments. Interestingly, we further demonstrate
that the average energy efficiency of the hybrid NOMA-VLCRF system outperforms
NOMA-VLC system under imperfect CSI. Respective computer simulations
corroborate the derived analytic results and interesting theoretical and
practical insights are provided, which will be useful in the effective design
and deployment of conventional VLC and hybrid VLC-RF systems
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