Indoor channel modelling and characterization for visible light communications

Elham Sarbazi, Murat Uysal, Mohamed Abdallah, Khalid Qaraqe

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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate channel modeling for visible light communications using ray tracing approach. The simulation environment is created in Zemax® and enables us to specify the geometry of the environment, the objects inside, the reflection characteristics of the surface materials as well as the specifications of the light sources and receivers. The received optical power and the delay of direct/indirect rays are computed for the specified indoor environment and the corresponding channel impulse response (CIR) is obtained through proper normalizations. Following this methodology, we present CIRs for a number of indoor environments and quantify multipath channel parameters gain for each environment.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationICTON 2014 - 16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Print)9781479956005
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2014 - Graz, Austria
Duration: Jul 6 2014Jul 10 2014

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
ISSN (Electronic)2162-7339

Conference

Conference16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2014
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityGraz
Period7/6/147/10/14

Keywords

  • channel modeling
  • ray tracing
  • visible light communications

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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