• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 40, Issue 18, 1806004 (2020)
Xinchi Rong, Chao Wang*, Jiawei Ren, Tao Wang, and Yijun Zhu
Author Affiliations
  • Strategic Support Force Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China
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    Xinchi Rong, Chao Wang, Jiawei Ren, Tao Wang, Yijun Zhu. Visible Light Communication System Based on Embedded Hard Drive Indicator[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(18): 1806004 Copy Citation Text show less
    Experimental system of SPAD-VLC based on HDD indicator. (a) Schematic of experiment; (b) schematic of experimental link
    Fig. 1. Experimental system of SPAD-VLC based on HDD indicator. (a) Schematic of experiment; (b) schematic of experimental link
    Comparison between traditional OOK modulation and PWLSK modulation. (a) Schematic of clock drift; (b) schematic of waveform
    Fig. 2. Comparison between traditional OOK modulation and PWLSK modulation. (a) Schematic of clock drift; (b) schematic of waveform
    Flow chart of signal generation process
    Fig. 3. Flow chart of signal generation process
    Statistical results of signal parameters. (a) Linearity analysis for data block size and mean time; (b) distribution fitting of data block with size of 4 Kbit
    Fig. 4. Statistical results of signal parameters. (a) Linearity analysis for data block size and mean time; (b) distribution fitting of data block with size of 4 Kbit
    Actual waveform modulated by PWLSK
    Fig. 5. Actual waveform modulated by PWLSK
    Mean value and variance value of photons. (a) Mean value; (b) variance value
    Fig. 6. Mean value and variance value of photons. (a) Mean value; (b) variance value
    Average data rate and BER of each data block selection scheme
    Fig. 7. Average data rate and BER of each data block selection scheme
    Performance comparison between OOK scheme and PWLSK scheme
    Fig. 8. Performance comparison between OOK scheme and PWLSK scheme
    BER of PWLSK scheme and OOK scheme under different λ0
    Fig. 9. BER of PWLSK scheme and OOK scheme under different λ0
    Achievement exhibiting of terminal interface. (a) Sending terminal; (b) receiving terminal
    Fig. 10. Achievement exhibiting of terminal interface. (a) Sending terminal; (b) receiving terminal
    OS operationHDD LED state
    Read/writeLED-ON for Ton(S)
    SleepLED-OFF for Toff
    Table 1. Corresponding time of system operations
    Size of datablockMean time of‘1’/μsStandarddeviation(SD) of ‘1’Mean timeof ‘0’/μsSD of ‘0’
    512 bit16.992.08103125546.007.39
    1 Kbit22.260.99207937845.006.51
    2 Kbit25.690.92311375249.876.33
    4 Kbit29.022.492730863151.0147.52
    8 Kbit43.598.237449243167.7534.18
    16 Kbit72.949.207778145233.9134.56
    32 Kbit132.9714.416490390405.5252.65
    64 Kbit252.5619.134171000526.4547.55
    128 Kbit485.3720.323264890903.53105.49
    256 Kbit1194.7940.3348831001849.08215.64
    512 Kbit2522.9878.2882334003319.68280.03
    1 Mbit4884.80115.3006983006149.43300.75
    2 Mbit24692.012021.90958300019701.975526.06
    4 Mbit42324.283244.81669200041420.299187.67
    8 Mbit80702.073852.40836600071546.447384.11
    Table 2. Statistical result of time required for reading data blocks with different sizes
    Size of data blockAverage data rate /(bit·s-1)Simulated BERExperimental BER
    1 Kbit & 2 Kbit136353.48×10-13.89×10-1
    1 Kbit & 4 Kbit79023.93×10-24.36×10-2
    1 Kbit & 8 Kbit71332.01×10-23.84×10-2
    1 Kbit & 16 Kbit52907.85×10-54.97×10-4
    1 Kbit & 32 Kbit32861.36×10-96.62×10-7
    Table 3. Simulated BER and experimental BER of PWLSK scheme
    Xinchi Rong, Chao Wang, Jiawei Ren, Tao Wang, Yijun Zhu. Visible Light Communication System Based on Embedded Hard Drive Indicator[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(18): 1806004
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