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Faster-than-Nyquist non-orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing for visible light communications

Faster-than-Nyquist non-orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing for visible light communications
Faster-than-Nyquist non-orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing for visible light communications

In this paper, we propose a faster-than-Nyquist (FTN) non-orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (NOFDM) scheme for visible light communications (VLC) where the multiplexing/demultiplexing employs the inverse fractional cosine transform (IFrCT)/FrCT. Different to the common fractional Fourier transform-based NOFDM (FrFT-NOFDM) signal, FrCTbased NOFDM (FrCT-NOFDM) signal is real-valued, which can be directly applied to the VLC systems without the expensive up-conversion and thus it is more suitable for the cost-sensitive VLC systems. Under the same transmission rate, FrCT-NOFDM signal occupies smaller bandwidth compared to OFDM signal. When the bandwidth compression factor α is set to 0.8, 20% bandwidth saving can be obtained. Therefore, FrCT-NOFDM has higher spectral efficiency and suffers less high-frequency distortion compared to OFDM, which benefits the bandwidthlimited VLC systems. As the simulation results show, bit error rate performance of FrCT-NOFDM with α of 0.9 or 0.8 is better than that of OFDM. Meanwhile, FrCT-NOFDM has a superior security performance. In conclusion, FrCT-NOFDM shows the potential for application in the future VLC systems.

Bandwidth, Delays, Faster-than-Nyquist signaling, fractional cosine transform, Frequency division multiplexing, high spectral efficiency, Integrated circuit modeling, non-orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing, OFDM, Optical noise, Transforms, visible light communications
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Zhou, Ji
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Wang, Qi
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Wei, Jinlong
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Cheng, Qixiang
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Zhang, Tiantian
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Yang, Zhanyu
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Yanga, Aiying
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Lu, Yueming
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Cheng, Qixiang
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Zhang, Tiantian
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Yang, Zhanyu
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Qiao, Yaojun
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Zhou, Ji, Wang, Qi, Wei, Jinlong, Cheng, Qixiang, Zhang, Tiantian, Yang, Zhanyu, Yanga, Aiying, Lu, Yueming and Qiao, Yaojun (2018) Faster-than-Nyquist non-orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing for visible light communications. IEEE Access, 6, 17933-17941. (doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2820100).

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a faster-than-Nyquist (FTN) non-orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (NOFDM) scheme for visible light communications (VLC) where the multiplexing/demultiplexing employs the inverse fractional cosine transform (IFrCT)/FrCT. Different to the common fractional Fourier transform-based NOFDM (FrFT-NOFDM) signal, FrCTbased NOFDM (FrCT-NOFDM) signal is real-valued, which can be directly applied to the VLC systems without the expensive up-conversion and thus it is more suitable for the cost-sensitive VLC systems. Under the same transmission rate, FrCT-NOFDM signal occupies smaller bandwidth compared to OFDM signal. When the bandwidth compression factor α is set to 0.8, 20% bandwidth saving can be obtained. Therefore, FrCT-NOFDM has higher spectral efficiency and suffers less high-frequency distortion compared to OFDM, which benefits the bandwidthlimited VLC systems. As the simulation results show, bit error rate performance of FrCT-NOFDM with α of 0.9 or 0.8 is better than that of OFDM. Meanwhile, FrCT-NOFDM has a superior security performance. In conclusion, FrCT-NOFDM shows the potential for application in the future VLC systems.

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Accepted/In Press date: 24 March 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 27 March 2018
Keywords: Bandwidth, Delays, Faster-than-Nyquist signaling, fractional cosine transform, Frequency division multiplexing, high spectral efficiency, Integrated circuit modeling, non-orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing, OFDM, Optical noise, Transforms, visible light communications

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Local EPrints ID: 419635
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/419635
ISSN: 2169-3536
PURE UUID: b1eac470-b572-4db5-b1d4-d5f430823339
ORCID for Qi Wang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2645-5807

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Date deposited: 17 Apr 2018 16:30
Last modified: 05 Jun 2024 18:42

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Author: Ji Zhou
Author: Qi Wang ORCID iD
Author: Jinlong Wei
Author: Qixiang Cheng
Author: Tiantian Zhang
Author: Zhanyu Yang
Author: Aiying Yanga
Author: Yueming Lu
Author: Yaojun Qiao

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