TY - GEN
T1 - FPGA-Based Implementation and Experimental Demonstration of a Vehicular VLC System
AU - Ashfaq, Bismillah Nasir
AU - Tettey, Daniel K.
AU - Uysal, Murat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Amidst the widespread deployment of LED lighting in vehicles, visible light communications (VLC) has emerged as a promising solution for reliable vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) connectivity. This paper presents an FPGA-based design and implementation of a vehicular visible light communication (VLC) system employing On-Off Keying (OOK) modulation. The system uses a low-beam vehicular headlight as the wireless transmitter while the encoding, modulation, and demodulation modules are implemented on the Zynq-7000 series FPGA. At the receiver side, a 25.4 mm biconvex lens is utilized in front of the photodetector for received power improvement at longer distances. SNR, data rate, packet loss ratio, and BER results are shared from an extensive measurement campaign carried out in broad daylight conditions for up to 20 m distance. The experimental results demonstrate promising data rates and signal-to-noise ratios at distances of up to 14 m, highlighting the potential of VLC-based solutions for short-range vehicular communication.
AB - Amidst the widespread deployment of LED lighting in vehicles, visible light communications (VLC) has emerged as a promising solution for reliable vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) connectivity. This paper presents an FPGA-based design and implementation of a vehicular visible light communication (VLC) system employing On-Off Keying (OOK) modulation. The system uses a low-beam vehicular headlight as the wireless transmitter while the encoding, modulation, and demodulation modules are implemented on the Zynq-7000 series FPGA. At the receiver side, a 25.4 mm biconvex lens is utilized in front of the photodetector for received power improvement at longer distances. SNR, data rate, packet loss ratio, and BER results are shared from an extensive measurement campaign carried out in broad daylight conditions for up to 20 m distance. The experimental results demonstrate promising data rates and signal-to-noise ratios at distances of up to 14 m, highlighting the potential of VLC-based solutions for short-range vehicular communication.
KW - FPGA
KW - OOK
KW - Optical Receivers
KW - Outdoor VLC
KW - Signal-to-Noise Ratio
KW - Vehicular Visible Light Communication
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U2 - 10.1109/VCC60689.2023.10474749
DO - 10.1109/VCC60689.2023.10474749
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85190234784
T3 - 2023 IEEE Virtual Conference on Communications, VCC 2023
SP - 282
EP - 287
BT - 2023 IEEE Virtual Conference on Communications, VCC 2023
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2023 IEEE Virtual Conference on Communications, VCC 2023
Y2 - 28 November 2023 through 30 November 2023
ER -