Should Analogue Pre-Equalisers be Avoided in VLC Systems?

Autor: Xicong Li, Zabih Ghassemlooy, Stanislav Zvanovec, Rafael Perez-Jimenez, Paul Anthony Haigh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol 12, Iss 2, Pp 1-14 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1943-0655
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2020.2966875
Popis: Visible light communication (VLC) systems are highly constrained by the limited 3-dB bandwidth of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Analogue pre-equalisers have been proposed to extend the LED's bandwidth at the cost of reduced signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Compared with the pre-equaliser, the multi-carrier modulation with bit-loading can efficiently use the spectrum beyond the LED's raw 3-dB bandwidth without incuring SNR penalties by employing multiple narrow quasi-flat sub-bands to eliminate the need for equalisation. In this work we show by means of theoretical and experimental investigation that VLC with multi-band carrierless amplitude and phase modulation with bit-loading can outperform VLC with analogue pre-equalisers.
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