49 research outputs found
SPAD-Based Optical Wireless Communication with Signal Pre-Distortion and Noise Normalization
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in exploring the
application of single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) in optical wireless
communication (OWC). As a photon counting detector, SPAD can provide much
higher sensitivity compared to the other commonly used photodetectors. However,
SPAD-based receivers suffer from significant dead-time-induced non-linear
distortion and signal dependent noise. In this work, we propose a novel
SPAD-based OWC system in which the non-linear distortion caused by dead time
can be successfully eliminated by the pre-distortion of the signal at the
transmitter. In addition, another system with joint pre-distortion and noise
normalization functionality is proposed. Thanks to the additional noise
normalization process, for the transformed signal at the receiver, the
originally signal dependent noise becomes signal independent so that the
conventional signal detection techniques designed for AWGN channels can be
employed to decode the signal. Our numerical results demonstrate the
superiority of the proposed SPAD-based systems compared to the existing systems
in terms of BER performance and achievable data rate
Time-Gated Photon Counting Receivers for Optical Wireless Communication
Photon counting detectors such as single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) arrays
are commonly considered for reliable optical wireless communication at power
limited regimes. However, SPAD-based receivers suffer from significant dead
time induced intersymbol interference (ISI) especially when the incident photon
rate is relatively high and the dead time is comparable or even larger than the
symbol duration, i.e., sub-dead-time regime. In this work, we propose a novel
time-gated SPAD receiver to mitigate such ISI effects and improve the
communication performance. When operated in the gated mode, the SPAD can be
activated and deactivated in well-defined time intervals. We investigate the
statistics of the detected photon count for the proposed time-gated SPAD
receiver. It is demonstrated that the gate-ON time interval can be optimized to
achieve the best bit error rate (BER) performance. Our extensive performance
analysis illustrates the superiority of the time-gated SPAD receiver over the
traditional free-running receiver in terms of the BER performance and the
tolerance to background light
Spatial-mode diversity and multiplexing for FSO communication with direct detection
This work investigates spatial-mode multiplexing (SMM) for practical
free-space optical communication (FSO) systems using direct detection. Unlike
several works in the literature where mutually incoherent channels are assumed,
we consider mutually coherent channels that accurately describe SMM FSO systems
employing a single laser source at the transmitter with a narrow linewidth. We
develop an analytical model for such mutually coherent channels and derive
expressions for aggregate achievable rate (AAR). Through numerical simulations,
it was shown that there exist optimal transmit mode sets which result in the
maximal asymptotic AAR at high transmitted power. Moreover, in order to resolve
the reliability issues of such SMM FSO systems in the presence of turbulence, a
so-called mode diversity scheme is proposed that can be easily implemented
along with SMM FSO systems. It is demonstrated that mode diversity can
significantly improve the outage probability and the outage achievable rate
performance of the multiplexed channels in SMM FSO systems degraded by
turbulence
Game-Theoretic Spectrum Trading in RF Relay-Assisted Free-Space Optical Communications
This work proposes a novel hybrid RF/FSO system based on a game theoretic
spectrum trading process. It is assumed that no RF spectrum is preallocated to
the FSO link and only when the link availability is severely impaired by the
infrequent adverse weather conditions, i.e. fog, etc., the source can borrow a
portion of licensed RF spectrum from one of the surrounding RF nodes. Using the
leased spectrum, the source establishes a dual-hop RF/FSO hybrid link to
maintain its throughout to the destination. The proposed system is considered
to be both spectrum- and power-efficient. A market-equilibrium-based pricing
process is proposed for the spectrum trading between the source and RF nodes.
Through extensive performance analysis, it is demonstrated that the proposed
scheme can significantly improve the average capacity of the system, especially
when the surrounding RF nodes are with low traffic loads. In addition, the
system benefits from involving more RF nodes into the spectrum trading process
by means of diversity, particularly when the surrounding RF nodes have high
probability of being in heavy traffic loads. Furthermore, the application of
the proposed system in a realistic scenario is presented based on the weather
statistics in the city of Edinburgh, UK. It is demonstrated that the proposed
system can substantially enhance the link availability towards the
carrier-class requirement
Spatial and Wavelength Division Joint Multiplexing System Design for Visible Light Communications
The low-pass characteristics of front-end elements including light-emitting
diodes (LEDs) and photodiodes (PDs) limit the transmission data rate of visible
light communication (VLC) and Light Fidelity (LiFi) systems. Using multiplexing
transmission techniques, such as spatial multiplexing (SMX) and wavelength
division multiplexing (WDM), is a solution to overcome bandwidth limitation.
However, spatial correlation in optical wireless channels and optical filter
bandpass shifts typically limit the achievable multiplexing gain in SMX and WDM
systems, respectively. In this paper, we consider a multiple-input multiple
output (MIMO) joint multiplexing VLC system that exploits available
degrees-offreedom (DoFs) across space, wavelength and frequency dimensions
simultaneously. Instead of providing a new precoder/post-detector design, we
investigate the considered joint multiplexing system from a system
configuration perspective by tuning system parameters in both spatial and
wavelength domains, such as LED positions and optical filter passband. We
propose a novel spatial clustering with wavelength division (SCWD) strategy
which enhances the MIMO channel condition. We propose to use a state-of-the-art
black-box optimization tool: Bayesian adaptive direct search (BADS) to
determine the desired system parameters, which can significantly improve the
achievable rate. The extensive numerical results demonstrate the superiority of
the proposed method over conventional SMX and WDM VLC systems