TY - GEN
T1 - Impulsive Noise Evaluation on PLC-VLC based on DCO-OFDM
AU - Kubjana, M. D.
AU - Ndjiongue, A. R.
AU - Shongwe, T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/9/24
Y1 - 2018/9/24
N2 - Power line communications (PLC) and visible light communications (VLC) are two emerging communication technologies which have several similarities. Among them, the advantage related to cost effectiveness is considered as strong research motivation. These two technologies are also characterized by the fact that each one of them barely form a complete communication system without the need of other supporting technologies. In this paper, based on the positive aspect of VLC technology, we exploit the Hermitian symmetry to design an hybrid system combining PLC and VLC technologies using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). A DC biased optical OFDM (DCO-OFDM), employed in VLC, is investigated when combined with PSK-OFDM (used in PLC). In the hybrid PLC-VLC system proposed in this paper, we exploit the inherent clipping feature of DCO-OFDM to combat impulsive noise found in the PLC channel, where the optimal combination of the DC bias level for optical communication, DC and impulse noise clipping threshold, Tc are investigated through simulations. We also exploit the fact that both DCO-OFDM and PSK-OFDM employ the FFT, to simplify the system.
AB - Power line communications (PLC) and visible light communications (VLC) are two emerging communication technologies which have several similarities. Among them, the advantage related to cost effectiveness is considered as strong research motivation. These two technologies are also characterized by the fact that each one of them barely form a complete communication system without the need of other supporting technologies. In this paper, based on the positive aspect of VLC technology, we exploit the Hermitian symmetry to design an hybrid system combining PLC and VLC technologies using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). A DC biased optical OFDM (DCO-OFDM), employed in VLC, is investigated when combined with PSK-OFDM (used in PLC). In the hybrid PLC-VLC system proposed in this paper, we exploit the inherent clipping feature of DCO-OFDM to combat impulsive noise found in the PLC channel, where the optimal combination of the DC bias level for optical communication, DC and impulse noise clipping threshold, Tc are investigated through simulations. We also exploit the fact that both DCO-OFDM and PSK-OFDM employ the FFT, to simplify the system.
KW - DCO-OFDM
KW - OFDM
KW - PLC-VLC integration
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85055548540&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/CSNDSP.2018.8471851
DO - 10.1109/CSNDSP.2018.8471851
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85055548540
T3 - 2018 11th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, CSNDSP 2018
BT - 2018 11th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, CSNDSP 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 11th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, CSNDSP 2018
Y2 - 18 July 2018 through 20 July 2018
ER -