Abstract:
Power line communications (PLC) and visible light communications (VLC) are two emerging communication technologies which have several similarities. Among them, the advant...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Power line communications (PLC) and visible light communications (VLC) are two emerging communication technologies which have several similarities. Among them, the advantage related to cost effectiveness is considered as strong research motivation. These two technologies are also characterized by the fact that each one of them barely form a complete communication system without the need of other supporting technologies. In this paper, based on the positive aspect of VLC technology, we exploit the Hermitian symmetry to design an hybrid system combining PLC and VLC technologies using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). A DC biased optical OFDM (DCO-OFDM), employed in VLC, is investigated when combined with PSK-OFDM (used in PLC). In the hybrid PLC-VLC system proposed in this paper, we exploit the inherent clipping feature of DCO-OFDM to combat impulsive noise found in the PLC channel, where the optimal combination of the DC bias level for optical communication, DC and impulse noise clipping threshold, Tc are investigated through simulations. We also exploit the fact that both DCO-OFDM and PSK-OFDM employ the FFT, to simplify the system.
Published in: 2018 11th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP)
Date of Conference: 18-20 July 2018
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 27 September 2018
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