Efficient Coding and Decoding Techniques for Hybrid Radio Frequency and Visible Light Communication Links

混合射频和可见光通信链路的高效编码和解码技术

• 批准号: RGPIN-2017-05043
• 负责人: Damen, MohamedOussama
• 金额: $ 1.75万
• 依托单位: University of Waterloo
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=637630
• 关键词: Efficient; Coding; Decoding; Techniques; Hybrid

The demand for high data rate, reliable wireless communications continues to grow rapidly. The number of connected devices is expected to explode in the near future as the use of of smartphones, the Internet of Things' devices such as health and fitness wearables will vastly increase (10s of billions for 5G). As the radio frequency (RF) spectrum is becoming very crowded, alternative and complementary technologies, such as visible light communications (VLC) have recently become very appealing. The advantages of using VLC are its inherent safety, the lack of interference, because VLC does not penetrate walls, and the huge free bandwidth. However, VLC has its drawbacks such as limited indoor coverage and limited mobility, and has to be used in a hybrid manner with RF links. Despite the recent interest in VLC and the availability of some commercial products such as LiFi, there remain many open problems to be addressed in order to fully exploit the huge available bandwidth with practical schemes. For example, the development of

对高数据速率、可靠的无线通信的需求持续快速增长。随着智能手机的使用，物联网设备（如健康和健身可穿戴设备）的数量预计将在不久的将来爆炸式增长（5G将达到数十亿）。随着射频（RF）频谱变得非常拥挤，诸如可见光通信（VLC）的替代和补充技术最近变得非常有吸引力。使用VLC的优点是其固有的安全性，缺乏干扰，因为VLC不会穿透墙壁，以及巨大的免费带宽。然而，VLC具有其缺点，例如有限的室内覆盖和有限的移动性，并且必须以与RF链路混合的方式使用。尽管最近对VLC的兴趣和一些商业产品（如LiFi）的可用性，但仍然存在许多有待解决的开放问题，以便利用实际方案充分利用巨大的可用带宽。例如发展