• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 14, Issue 11, 110604 (2016)
Xinyue Guo* and Xin Li
Author Affiliations
  • Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical Systems, School of Optical-Electrical and Computing Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201614.110604 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Xinyue Guo, Xin Li. Experimental demonstration of an adaptive orthogonal frequency division multiplexing visible light communication system[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(11): 110604 Copy Citation Text show less
    Block diagram of the proposed adaptive OFDM VLC system (TX: transmitter; RX: receiver).
    Fig. 1. Block diagram of the proposed adaptive OFDM VLC system (TX: transmitter; RX: receiver).
    Experimental setup for the proposed system.
    Fig. 2. Experimental setup for the proposed system.
    Normalized amplitude frequency response of the equivalent channel.
    Fig. 3. Normalized amplitude frequency response of the equivalent channel.
    Measured electrical spectra of the received signals for the (a) 25 MHz case, (b) 12.5 MHz case, and (c) 6.25 MHz case.
    Fig. 4. Measured electrical spectra of the received signals for the (a) 25 MHz case, (b) 12.5 MHz case, and (c) 6.25 MHz case.
    SNR and power allocated results for the (a) 25 MHz case, (b) 12.5 MHz case, and (c) 6.25 MHz case.
    Fig. 5. SNR and power allocated results for the (a) 25 MHz case, (b) 12.5 MHz case, and (c) 6.25 MHz case.
    Bits allocated results (BERT=0.001) for the (a) 25 MHz case, (b) 12.5 MHz case, and (c) 6.25 MHz case.
    Fig. 6. Bits allocated results (BERT=0.001) for the (a) 25 MHz case, (b) 12.5 MHz case, and (c) 6.25 MHz case.
    BER versus spectrum efficiency with and without an adaptive transmission scheme for the (a) 25 MHz case, (b) 12.5 MHz case, and (c) 6.25 MHz case.
    Fig. 7. BER versus spectrum efficiency with and without an adaptive transmission scheme for the (a) 25 MHz case, (b) 12.5 MHz case, and (c) 6.25 MHz case.
    MM*
    M<20
    2M<42
    4M<84
    8M<168
    16M<3216
    32M<6432
    64M<12864
    128M<256128
    M>256256
    Table 1. Determination of Modulation Orders
    ParametersDetails
    Bandwidth (MHz)25/12.5/6.26
    Up-converted frequency (MHz)15/8.75/5.625
    Subcarrier number256
    Number of CP32
    Up-sampling rate4
    Distance between transmitter and receiver (cm)40
    Table 2. Parameter Configuration
    Xinyue Guo, Xin Li. Experimental demonstration of an adaptive orthogonal frequency division multiplexing visible light communication system[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(11): 110604
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