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Asymmetrical hybrid optical OFDM for visible light communications with dimming control

Asymmetrical hybrid optical OFDM for visible light communications with dimming control
Asymmetrical hybrid optical OFDM for visible light communications with dimming control
This letter proposes an asymmetrical hybrid optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (AHO-OFDM) scheme for dimmable visible light communication systems. In the proposed scheme, either asymmetrically clipped optical OFDM (ACO-OFDM) or pulse-amplitude-modulated discrete multitone (PAM-DMT) signal is inverted and then both the signals are combined for transmission, where pulsewidth modulation is no longer required for dimming control. The power of ACO-OFDM and PAM-DMT signals is adjusted so that the amplitude of the combined AHO-OFDM signal is asymmetrical, which could utilize all the available subcarriers as well as the entire dynamic range of light-emitting diodes with various dimming levels. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme could achieve a wide dimming range with a small throughput fluctuation.
1041-1135
974-977
Wang, Qi
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Wang, Zhaocheng
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Dai, Linglong
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Wang, Qi
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Wang, Zhaocheng
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Dai, Linglong
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Wang, Qi, Wang, Zhaocheng and Dai, Linglong (2015) Asymmetrical hybrid optical OFDM for visible light communications with dimming control. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 27 (9), 974-977. (doi:10.1109/LPT.2015.2404972).

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This letter proposes an asymmetrical hybrid optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (AHO-OFDM) scheme for dimmable visible light communication systems. In the proposed scheme, either asymmetrically clipped optical OFDM (ACO-OFDM) or pulse-amplitude-modulated discrete multitone (PAM-DMT) signal is inverted and then both the signals are combined for transmission, where pulsewidth modulation is no longer required for dimming control. The power of ACO-OFDM and PAM-DMT signals is adjusted so that the amplitude of the combined AHO-OFDM signal is asymmetrical, which could utilize all the available subcarriers as well as the entire dynamic range of light-emitting diodes with various dimming levels. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme could achieve a wide dimming range with a small throughput fluctuation.

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Accepted/In Press date: 16 February 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 20 February 2015
Published date: 1 May 2015
Organisations: Southampton Wireless Group

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Local EPrints ID: 400623
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/400623
ISSN: 1041-1135
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Author: Qi Wang
Author: Zhaocheng Wang
Author: Linglong Dai

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