Abstract:
Visible light communication (VLC) has attracted a significant amount of research interest due to its ability to support high data-rates. However, the issue of inter-cell ...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Visible light communication (VLC) has attracted a significant amount of research interest due to its ability to support high data-rates. However, the issue of inter-cell interference (ICI) caused by resource sharing and the line-of-sight (LoS) blockage problem are significant challenges that need to be considered in the design and analysis of VLC systems. This paper investigates the resource allocation problem for the downlink of an orthogonal frequency-division multiple access-based multi-cell VLC system, while considering ICI and LoS blockage. This is carried out under various system configurations employing different transmission modes. Specifically, the joint problem of subchannel allocation (SA) and power allocation (PA) to maximize the sum-rate is formulated as a combinatorial and highly non-convex optimization problem due to the binary and continuous optimization variables. To obtain an efficient solution, the original problem is first separated into the SA problem and the PA problem. Two simple, yet efficient, procedures based on the quality of the channel conditions and matching theory are proposed for the SA problem, respectively. Then, the quadratic transform approach is exploited to develop an algorithm for the PA problem. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed solutions in terms of their fast convergence and overall performance.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications ( Volume: 21, Issue: 5, May 2022)