Performance improvement of white led-based vlc systems using blue and flattening filters

Sezer Can Tokgoz, Noha Anous, Serhan Yarkan, Diaa Khalil, Khalid A. Qaraqe

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Abstract

This paper proposes a means to maximize the data rate supported by a visible light communication (VLC) system. The investigated VLC system uses phosphor-coated white light emitting diodes (LEDs), which are common in existing illumination systems but are also known to limit the communication system's data rate. In this paper, we propose a remedy to such a limitation by adding a response-flattening filter at the receiver's end to mitigate the effect of the slow yellow phosphor spectral component. An experimental study is conducted to evaluate the validity of the proposed remedy. The resulting performance is compared with an existing remedy that involves adding a blue filter at the receiver. Off-the-shelf commercial filters are used in the experiment. Enhanced bit-error-rates (BERs) and signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) at high data rates are observed. Specifically, our experimental work demonstrates that BER is enhanced by 40% and 15% for data rates up to 12 Mbps when responseflattenina filter and blue filter are adopted, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2019 International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Networking, CommNet 2019
EditorsFaissal El Bouanani, Fouad Ayoub, Paschalis C. Sofotasios, Paschalis C. Sofotasios, Daniel Benevides da Costa
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781538683170
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Networking, CommNet 2019 - Rabat, Morocco
Duration: 12 Apr 201914 Apr 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2019 International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Networking, CommNet 2019

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Advanced Communication Technologies and Networking, CommNet 2019
Country/TerritoryMorocco
CityRabat
Period12/04/1914/04/19

Keywords

  • Blue filter
  • Experimental study
  • Phosphor LEDs
  • Response-flattening filter
  • Visible light communication

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