• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 5, Issue 6, 588 (2017)
Nan Chi*, Mengjie Zhang, Jianyang Shi, and Yiheng Zhao
Author Affiliations
  • Department of Communication Science and Engineering, and Key Laboratory for Information Science of Electromagnetic Waves (MoE), Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.5.000588 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Nan Chi, Mengjie Zhang, Jianyang Shi, Yiheng Zhao. Spectrally efficient multi-band visible light communication system based on Nyquist PAM-8 modulation[J]. Photonics Research, 2017, 5(6): 588 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic diagram of the multi-band Nyquist PAM-8 system.
    Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of the multi-band Nyquist PAM-8 system.
    Spectra of Nyquist PAM compared with traditional PAM.
    Fig. 2. Spectra of Nyquist PAM compared with traditional PAM.
    Spectral shape of Nyquist PAM considering different roll-off factors.
    Fig. 3. Spectral shape of Nyquist PAM considering different roll-off factors.
    Experimental setup of the multi-band VLC system based on Nyquist PAM-8 modulation. (a) Measured electrical spectra without weighted pre-equalization; (b) measured electrical spectra with weighted pre-equalization; (c) experimental setup. Eq., pre-equalizer.
    Fig. 4. Experimental setup of the multi-band VLC system based on Nyquist PAM-8 modulation. (a) Measured electrical spectra without weighted pre-equalization; (b) measured electrical spectra with weighted pre-equalization; (c) experimental setup. Eq., pre-equalizer.
    Measured frequency response of the overall VLC system.
    Fig. 5. Measured frequency response of the overall VLC system.
    BER performance versus the bandwidth of the guard band.
    Fig. 6. BER performance versus the bandwidth of the guard band.
    Measured electrical spectra of received signal (a) without filters, (b) with the rectangular filter in frequency domain, and (c)–(h) with the Nyquist filter at different roll-off factors. BW, bandwidth.
    Fig. 7. Measured electrical spectra of received signal (a) without filters, (b) with the rectangular filter in frequency domain, and (c)–(h) with the Nyquist filter at different roll-off factors. BW, bandwidth.
    Measured results: (a)–(c) BER performance versus different filters for sub-bands 1–3. (d) Highest baud rate and spectral efficiency achieved for the system utilizing Nyquist filter with different roll-off factors.
    Fig. 8. Measured results: (a)–(c) BER performance versus different filters for sub-bands 1–3. (d) Highest baud rate and spectral efficiency achieved for the system utilizing Nyquist filter with different roll-off factors.
    Measured electrical spectra with N=1−6 sub-bands.
    Fig. 9. Measured electrical spectra with N=16 sub-bands.
    Measured BER performance of each sub-band for different numbers of sub-bands.
    Fig. 10. Measured BER performance of each sub-band for different numbers of sub-bands.
    Total capacity of multi-band system for different numbers of sub-bands.
    Fig. 11. Total capacity of multi-band system for different numbers of sub-bands.
    Nan Chi, Mengjie Zhang, Jianyang Shi, Yiheng Zhao. Spectrally efficient multi-band visible light communication system based on Nyquist PAM-8 modulation[J]. Photonics Research, 2017, 5(6): 588
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