Vehicular VLC System With Selection Combining

Bassam Aly, Mohammed Elamassie, Murat Uysal

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Abstract

The availability of LED-based headlights and taillights makes possible the use of visible light communication (VLC) as a wireless access technology for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications. A critical concern to establish a reliable VLC link between two moving vehicles is the number of photodetectors and their locations on the destination vehicle. In this paper, we experimentally investigate the usage of dual photodetectors for a vehicular VLC system with selection combining to enhance signal reception in mobile conditions. We measure the electrical receive signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for each individual photodetector as well as at the output of selection combiner in two different tracks involving straight and curved roads. Through data fitting to experimental data, we obtain a probability density function (PDF) to describe the instantaneous SNR. Based on the PDF, we derive a closed-form expression for the average bit error rate (BER) in the form of a finite summation and compare it with the measurements.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)12350-12355
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Volume71
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1 2022

Keywords

  • Selection combining
  • vehicular communication
  • visible light communication

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Automotive Engineering

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