Amplitude Modulation by Superposition of Independent Light Sources

Gilbert Johannes Martin Forkel, Peter Adam Hoeher

2015

Abstract

Visible light communication (VLC) is a promising alternative to radio waves, when high data rates are required over short distances. Using lighting equipment for communication offers very high receive power values without consuming additional energy than already required for illuminating the environment. The bandwidth restriction of the employed light-emitting diode (LED) light sources is one limiting factor to exploiting the channels potential capacity. In this paper, we propose spatially distributed modulation schemes to increase the data rate by switching the LEDs of the lighting equipment individually. Towards this goal, three different techniques for superposition of independent light sources are compared.

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Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Martin Forkel G. and Hoeher P. (2015). Amplitude Modulation by Superposition of Independent Light Sources . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Optical Communication Systems - Volume 1: OPTICS, (ICETE 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-116-8, pages 29-35. DOI: 10.5220/0005542700290035

in Bibtex Style

@conference{optics15,
author={Gilbert Johannes Martin Forkel and Peter Adam Hoeher},
title={Amplitude Modulation by Superposition of Independent Light Sources},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Optical Communication Systems - Volume 1: OPTICS, (ICETE 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={29-35},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005542700290035},
isbn={978-989-758-116-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Optical Communication Systems - Volume 1: OPTICS, (ICETE 2015)
TI - Amplitude Modulation by Superposition of Independent Light Sources
SN - 978-989-758-116-8
AU - Martin Forkel G.
AU - Hoeher P.
PY - 2015
SP - 29
EP - 35
DO - 10.5220/0005542700290035