Experimental Characterization of Multi-Hop Vehicular VLC Systems

Bassam Aly, Mohammed Elamassie, Murat Uysal

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Abstract

In vehicular visible light communication (VLC), the reliable communication distance may be relatively short due to its dependence on many factors including the weather condition. This necessitates the use of relay-assisted systems to extend the transmission range. In this paper, we investigate experimentally the performance of vehicular multi-hop VLC systems in outdoor environments. Particularly, we first examine the effect of ambient noise on signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) during a whole day. Then, we conduct two multi-hop experiments, i.e., one at daytime and one at nighttime. We measure the bit error rate (BER) for each individual hop and then obtain the overall performance of the multi-hop system. We further compare experimental BER with theoretical BER to confirm our results.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2021 IEEE 32nd Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2021
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728175867
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 13 2021
Event32nd IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2021 - Virtual, Helsinki, Finland
Duration: Sep 13 2021Sep 16 2021

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC
Volume2021-September

Conference

Conference32nd IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2021
Country/TerritoryFinland
CityVirtual, Helsinki
Period9/13/219/16/21

Keywords

  • Multi-hops
  • Visible light communication
  • outdoor measurements
  • software-defined

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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