Multi-User Precoder Designs for RGB Visible Light Communication Systems

Sensors

Roser Viñals¹  Olga Muñoz¹  Adrián Agustín¹  Josep Vidal¹ 

[1] The Department of Signal Theory and Comunications, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 08034 Barcelona, Spain;

关键词: visible light communications;    multi-user;    linear precoding;    adaptive modulation;    zero forcing;    weighted sum-rate maximization;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s20236836

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In this paper, we design linear precoders for the downlink of a visible light communication (VLC) system that simultaneously serves multiple users. Instead of using phosphor-coated white light-emitting diodes (PWLEDs), we focus on Red-Green-Blue light-emitting diodes (RGB-LEDs) that allow modulating three separate data streams on the three primary colors of the RGB-LEDs. For this system, we design a zero-forcing (ZF) precoder that maximizes the weighted sum rate for a multilevel pulse amplitude modulation (M-PAM). The precoding design in RGB-based systems presents some challenges due to the system constraints, such as the limited power, the non-negative amplitude constraints per light-emitting diode (LED), and the need to guarantee white light emission while transmitting with RGB-LEDs. For comparison purposes, we also consider the ZF design for a PWLED-based system and evaluate the performance of both a PWLED- and an RGB-based system.

【 授权许可】

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