TY - GEN
T1 - Experimental Characterization of Multi-Hop Vehicular VLC Systems
AU - Aly, Bassam
AU - Elamassie, Mohammed
AU - Uysal, Murat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021/9/13
Y1 - 2021/9/13
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Multi-hops
KW - Visible light communication
KW - outdoor measurements
KW - software-defined
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U2 - 10.1109/PIMRC50174.2021.9569682
DO - 10.1109/PIMRC50174.2021.9569682
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85118149579
T3 - IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC
BT - 2021 IEEE 32nd Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2021
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 32nd IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2021
Y2 - 13 September 2021 through 16 September 2021
ER -