• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 15, Issue 3, 030602 (2017)
Zhixin Wang, Mengjie Zhang, Siyuan Chen, and Nan Chi*
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Lab of ASIC, Department of Communication Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201715.030602 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Zhixin Wang, Mengjie Zhang, Siyuan Chen, Nan Chi. Carrier-less amplitude and phase modulated visible light communication system based on a constellation-shaping scheme[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(3): 030602 Copy Citation Text show less
    Constellation of QAM-32 before and after shaping.
    Fig. 1. Constellation of QAM-32 before and after shaping.
    V-I curve of red LED.
    Fig. 2. V-I curve of red LED.
    Experimental setup of the VLC system employing constellation-shaping CAP and CMMA.
    Fig. 3. Experimental setup of the VLC system employing constellation-shaping CAP and CMMA.
    Measured BER of CAP-32 versus different input signal Vpps at Vleds equal 3.5 and 1.9 V. (a) Constellation of normal QAM-32. (b) Constellation of shaping QAM-32.
    Fig. 4. Measured BER of CAP-32 versus different input signal Vpps at Vleds equal 3.5 and 1.9 V. (a) Constellation of normal QAM-32. (b) Constellation of shaping QAM-32.
    Measured BER of CAP-32 and CAP-16 versus different input signal Vpps at a Vled equal 3.5 V. (a) CAP-16, (b) shaping CAP-16, (c) CAP-32, and (d) shaping CAP-32.
    Fig. 5. Measured BER of CAP-32 and CAP-16 versus different input signal Vpps at a Vled equal 3.5 V. (a) CAP-16, (b) shaping CAP-16, (c) CAP-32, and (d) shaping CAP-32.
    Measured BER performance and working range of CAP-32 versus different Vleds and Vpps (a,c) without constellation shaping, and (b,d) with constellation shaping.
    Fig. 6. Measured BER performance and working range of CAP-32 versus different Vleds and Vpps (a,c) without constellation shaping, and (b,d) with constellation shaping.
    ItemsRef. [14]Proposed
    QAM order8-QAM32-QAM
    Modulation formatsSingle carrierCAP
    Constellation generationRegular polygon designGeometric transformation
    ExperimentYesYes
    Distance0.5 m (in door)1 m (in door)
    Comparing groupFour 8-QAM constellationsTwo 32-QAM constellations
    Table 1. Differences Between Ref. [14] and Our Report
    Zhixin Wang, Mengjie Zhang, Siyuan Chen, Nan Chi. Carrier-less amplitude and phase modulated visible light communication system based on a constellation-shaping scheme[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(3): 030602
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