Cascaded optic fibre-visible light communications: Channel model and analysis

Rodrique Chi Fon; Alain R. Ndjiongue; Khmaies Ouahada

doi:10.1109/ICABCD.2019.8851031

Cascaded optic fibre-visible light communications: Channel model and analysis

Rodrique Chi Fon, Alain R. Ndjiongue, Khmaies Ouahada

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science

University of Johannesburg

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Visible Light Communications (VLC) technology is restricted by the transmission coverage, which is short by nature. This is imposed by the lighting range which barely reaches a couple of hundred meters. The number of applications of VLC technology is therefore limited by this specific characteristic of the light propagation. As a result, VLC cannot be used in long and medium distance communication systems. The technology is suitable for exploitation in optical wireless personal area networks (OWPAN) in which the mobile terminal (MT) and the VLC access point (VLC AP) are placed in the same room. It is then essential that the access point is fed by a backhaul network. In this paper, we propose an access network in which the backhaul or backbone network exploits fibre optic (FO) technology to feed the VLC access point with data to be retransmitted. The channel is analyzed for a few parameters of the entire system including the FO attenuation factor, α, the transmission range, L, and the indoor VLC wall, ceiling and floor reflection coefficient, ρ.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	icABCD 2019 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems
Editors	Manoj Maharaj, Upasana Gitanjali Singh
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538692363
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICABCD.2019.8851031
Publication status	Published - Aug 2019
Event	2nd International Conference on Advances in Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems, icABCD 2019 - Winterton, South Africa Duration: 5 Aug 2019 → 6 Aug 2019

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Name	icABCD 2019 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems

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Conference	2nd International Conference on Advances in Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems, icABCD 2019
Country/Territory	South Africa
City	Winterton
Period	5/08/19 → 6/08/19

Keywords

Cascaded channel
FO technology
FO-VLC
VLC technology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Information Systems and Management
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Science Applications
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Information Systems
Signal Processing

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Fon, R. C., Ndjiongue, A. R., & Ouahada, K. (2019). Cascaded optic fibre-visible light communications: Channel model and analysis. In M. Maharaj, & U. G. Singh (Eds.), icABCD 2019 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems Article 8851031 (icABCD 2019 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICABCD.2019.8851031

Fon, Rodrique Chi ; Ndjiongue, Alain R. ; Ouahada, Khmaies. / Cascaded optic fibre-visible light communications : Channel model and analysis. icABCD 2019 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems. editor / Manoj Maharaj ; Upasana Gitanjali Singh. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. (icABCD 2019 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems).

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Fon, RC, Ndjiongue, AR & Ouahada, K 2019, Cascaded optic fibre-visible light communications: Channel model and analysis. in M Maharaj & UG Singh (eds), icABCD 2019 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems., 8851031, icABCD 2019 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2nd International Conference on Advances in Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems, icABCD 2019, Winterton, South Africa, 5/08/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICABCD.2019.8851031

Cascaded optic fibre-visible light communications: Channel model and analysis. / Fon, Rodrique Chi; Ndjiongue, Alain R.; Ouahada, Khmaies.
icABCD 2019 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems. ed. / Manoj Maharaj; Upasana Gitanjali Singh. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. 8851031 (icABCD 2019 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems).

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Fon RC, Ndjiongue AR, Ouahada K. Cascaded optic fibre-visible light communications: Channel model and analysis. In Maharaj M, Singh UG, editors, icABCD 2019 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2019. 8851031. (icABCD 2019 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems). doi: 10.1109/ICABCD.2019.8851031

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