On Signal Quality Measures in Dimmable Visible Light Communications: Definitions and Conversions

Sang Hyun Lee; Jae Kyun Kwon

doi:10.1109/LWC.2021.3097201

On Signal Quality Measures in Dimmable Visible Light Communications: Definitions and Conversions

Sang Hyun Lee, Jae Kyun Kwon

School of Electrical Engineering

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This letter suggests the use of signal quality measures that accommodate various signaling configurations in dimmable visible light communications. Although a popular measure of Eb /N0 has still been used in the performance analysis of optical transmission techniques, it fails not only to capture essential physical characteristics in optical signals but also to reflect the dimming adjustment feature properly. This letter assesses various alternatives of the quality measure that have been used for optical communication signals and suggests to use a new measure of the ratio of bit peak signal level to noise standard deviation denoted by Ab σ. The proposed measure allows for the joint consideration of code rates and optical channel properties, such as dimming support and signal transmission based on intensity modulation and direct detection.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2220-2224
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
Volume	10
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LWC.2021.3097201
Publication status	Published - 2021 Oct 1

Keywords

dimming support
measure converting rules
signal quality measures
Visible light communication

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Control and Systems Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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On Signal Quality Measures in Dimmable Visible Light Communications: Definitions and Conversions

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