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Coded Index Modulation for Non-DC-Biased OFDM in Multiple LED Visible Light Communication
Use of multiple light emitting diodes (LED) is an attractive way to increase
spectral efficiency in visible light communications (VLC). A non-DC-biased OFDM
(NDC OFDM) scheme that uses two LEDs has been proposed in the literature
recently. NDC OFDM has been shown to perform better than other OFDM schemes for
VLC like DC-biased OFDM (DCO OFDM) and asymmetrically clipped OFDM (ACO OFDM)
in multiple LEDs settings. In this paper, we propose an efficient multiple LED
OFDM scheme for VLC which uses {\em coded index modulation}. The proposed
scheme uses two transmitter blocks, each having a pair of LEDs. Within each
block, NDC OFDM signaling is done. The selection of which block is activated in
a signaling interval is decided by information bits (i.e., index bits). In
order to improve the reliability of the index bits at the receiver (which is
critical because of high channel correlation in multiple LEDs settings), we
propose to use coding on the index bits alone. We call the proposed scheme as
CI-NDC OFDM (coded index NDC OFDM) scheme. Simulation results show that, for
the same spectral efficiency, CI-NDC OFDM that uses LDPC coding on the index
bits performs better than NDC OFDM
Generalized Spatial Modulation in Indoor Wireless Visible Light Communication
In this paper, we investigate the performance of generalized spatial
modulation (GSM) in indoor wireless visible light communication (VLC) systems.
GSM uses light emitting diodes (LED), but activates only of them at
a given time. Spatial modulation and spatial multiplexing are special cases of
GSM with and , respectively. We first derive an analytical
upper bound on the bit error rate (BER) for maximum likelihood (ML) detection
of GSM in VLC systems. Analysis and simulation results show that the derived
upper bound is very tight at medium to high signal-to-noise ratios (SNR). The
channel gains and channel correlations influence the GSM performance such that
the best BER is achieved at an optimum LED spacing. Also, for a fixed
transmission efficiency, the performance of GSM in VLC improves as the
half-power semi-angle of the LEDs is decreased. We then compare the performance
of GSM in VLC systems with those of other MIMO schemes such as spatial
multiplexing (SMP), space shift keying (SSK), generalized space shift keying
(GSSK), and spatial modulation (SM). Analysis and simulation results show that
GSM in VLC outperforms the other considered MIMO schemes at moderate to high
SNRs; for example, for 8 bits per channel use, GSM outperforms SMP and GSSK by
about 21 dB, and SM by about 10 dB at BER
Equipartition of Current in Parallel Conductors on Cooling Through the Superconducting Transition
Our experiments show that for two or more pieces of a wire, of different
lengths in general, combined in parallel and connected to a dc source, the
current ratio evolves towards unity as the combination is cooled to the
superconducting transition temperature Tc, and remains pinned at that value
below it. This re-distribution of the total current towards equipartition
without external fine tuning is a surprise. It can be physically understood in
terms of a mechanism that involves the flux-flow resistance associated with the
transport current in a wire of type-II superconducting material. It is the fact
that the flux-flow resistance increases with current that drives the current
division towards equipartition.Comment: Revised version of J.Phys. Condens.Matter; vol. 18(2006) L143-L147 14
pages including 3 figures; provided an explanation in terms of the physical
mechanism of flux flow induced resistance that is proportional to the
impressed current. We are adding a simple, physically robust derivation of
our equipartition without taking resort to the minimum dissipation principl
Equipartition of current in parallel conductors on cooling through the superconducting transition
Our experiments show that for two or more pieces of a wire, of different lengths in general, combined in parallel and connected to a dc source, the current ratio evolves towards unity as the combination is cooled to the superconducting transition temperature Tc, and remains pinned at that value below it. This redistribution of the total current towards equipartition without external fine-tuning is a surprise. It can be physically understood in terms of a mechanism that involves the flux-flow resistance associated with the transport current in a wire of type-II superconducting material. It is a fact that the flux-flow resistance increases with the current that drives the current division towards equipartition
Vortex matching effect in engineered thin films of NbN
We report robust vortex matching effects in antidot arrays fabricated on thin
films of NbN. The near absence of hysteresis between field sweep directions
indicates a negligible residual pinning in the host thin film. Owing to the
very small coherence length of NbN thin films (), the observations
suggests the possibility of probing physics of vortices at true nanometer
length scales in suitably fabricated structures.Comment: Submitted to Appl. Phys. Let
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