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Channel modeling and characterization for visible light communications

dc.contributor.authorMiramirkhani, Farshad
dc.contributor.authorUysal, Murat
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical & Electronics Engineering
dc.contributor.ozuauthorUYSAL, Murat
dc.contributor.ozugradstudentMiramirkhani, Farshad
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-23T06:09:13Z
dc.date.available2016-08-23T06:09:13Z
dc.date.issued2015-12
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dc.description.abstractIn this paper, we present a comprehensive channel modeling and characterization study for visible light communications. Our study is based on ray tracing, which allows for an accurate description of the interaction of rays emitted from the lighting source within a specified confined space. Contrary to existing works, which are mainly limited to ideal Lambertian sources and purely diffuse reflections, our approach is capable of obtaining channel impulse responses (CIRs) for any nonideal sources, as well as specular and mixed specular-diffuse reflections. Furthermore, we can precisely reflect the presence of objects (e.g., furniture) and wavelength-dependent reflection characteristics of surface materials (e.g., ceilings, floor, walls, and furniture) in a channel study. As case studies, we consider a number of indoor environments with various dimensions and different surface materials, i.e., plaster, gloss paint, wood, aluminum metal, and glass. We further consider various scenarios with different transmitter specifications (i.e., single versus multiple transmitters and array type) and receiver specifications (i.e., location and rotation). For each environment, we obtain CIRs and present a channel characterization study where channel parameters, such as channel DC gain, root mean square (RMS) delay spread, coherence bandwidth, and mean excess delay, are obtained. We also make one-to-one comparisons between infrared and visible-light CIRs for the same environments to emphasize the differences between two optical bands.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipQatar Foundation
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/JPHOT.2015.2504238en_US
dc.identifier.issn1943-0655en_US
dc.identifier.issue6en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84969972367
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10679/4444
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2015.2504238
dc.identifier.volume7en_US
dc.identifier.wos000367248500071
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.peerreviewedyesen_US
dc.publicationstatusPublisheden_US
dc.publisherIEEEen_US
dc.relation.ispartofIEEE Photonics Journalen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject.keywordsVisible light communications (VLC)en_US
dc.subject.keywordsChannel modelingen_US
dc.subject.keywordsRay tracingen_US
dc.titleChannel modeling and characterization for visible light communicationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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