ADAPTIVE MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MIMO) OPTICAL ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (O-OFDM) BASED VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION

ADAPTIVE MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MIMO) OPTICAL ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (O-OFDM) BASED VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION

Problem:

Visible light communication (VLC) is a short range optical wireless data transmission method that uses the illumination infrastructure as wireless access points. In indoor environments, the channel conditions and achievable signal-to-noise ratio is highly dependent on the user location. This requires the development of adaptive physical layer technologies tailored for VLC systems that automatically adjust transmission parameters according to channel conditions.

Technology:

This invention presents a new method and system for adaptive VLC where several transmission parameters such as modulation size/order, type and configuration of multi-input multi-output (MIMO) communication techniques are optimally adjusted according to channel conditions. This invention will significantly enhance VLC system performance in terms of link reliability and data rate.

Advantages:

•Adaptively choosing transmission parameters according to channel conditions

•Improved link reliability

•Increased data rate

Related Publications:

M. Uysal, F. Miramirkhani, O. Narmanlioglu, T, Baykas, and E. Panayirci, “IEEE 802.15.7r1 Reference Channel Models for Visible Light Communications”, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 55, no. 1, p. 212-217, January 2017.

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