• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 14, Issue 5, 050607 (2016)
Hyeong-Ji Kim, Samrat Vikramaditya Tiwari, and Yeon-Ho Chung*
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  • Department of Information and Communications Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 608-737, South Korea
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201614.050607 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Hyeong-Ji Kim, Samrat Vikramaditya Tiwari, Yeon-Ho Chung. Multi-hop relay-based maritime visible light communication[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(5): 050607 Copy Citation Text show less
    Multi-hop relay maritime VLC system.
    Fig. 1. Multi-hop relay maritime VLC system.
    JONSWAP spectrum in relation to sea state.
    Fig. 2. JONSWAP spectrum in relation to sea state.
    PD array-based VLC.
    Fig. 3. PD array-based VLC.
    Comparison of BER performance over each gamma–gamma turbulence strength.
    Fig. 4. Comparison of BER performance over each gamma–gamma turbulence strength.
    BER performance relative to SNR.
    Fig. 5. BER performance relative to SNR.
    BER performance relative to the number of hops with diversity combining techniques.
    Fig. 6. BER performance relative to the number of hops with diversity combining techniques.
    Sea stateWind speed (m/s)Average wave period (s)Significant wave height (m)
    48.334.61.2
    511.116.22.5
    613.897.74.5
    Table 1. Sea State Parameters
     Turbulence regime
    Parameterweakmoderatestrong
    σl20.21.63.5
    α11.64.04.2
    β10.11.91.4
    Table 2. Turbulence Parameters in Weak-to-Strong Turbulence Regimes
    ParametersValues
    Transmitted optical power (all LEDs) in lighthouse300 W
    Number of LEDs in lighthouse60
    Transmitted optical power (all LEDs) in relay60 W
    Number of LEDs for each relay20
    Detector physical area (each PD)2cm×2cm
    Bit rate1 Mbps
    Field of view50°
    Distance between lighthouse and receiver5 km
    Refractive index of a lens at receiver1.0
    LED half angle60°
    Receiving plane dimension10m×10m
    ChannelMaritime channel
    Table 3. Simulation Parameters
    Hyeong-Ji Kim, Samrat Vikramaditya Tiwari, Yeon-Ho Chung. Multi-hop relay-based maritime visible light communication[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(5): 050607
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