TY - GEN
T1 - Hard and soft switching for indoor hybrid VLC/RF systems
AU - Ashimbayeva, Aigerim
AU - Kalikulov, Nurzhan
AU - Kizilirmak, Refik
PY - 2019/4/10
Y1 - 2019/4/10
N2 - The paper is dedicated to analysis of hard switching (HS) and soft switching (SS) methods for hybrid VLC/RF systems. VLC communication is well known for its efficient high data rate service for short range wireless communication, however it relies on the condition of line of sight link. Its counterpart, RF communication, is easy to implement and widely available in most places. In this work, we consider hybrid VLC/RF system which takes advantages of both links by implementing HS and SS methods. In HS, either VLC or RF, whichever has higher throughput, is selected. In SS, on the other hand, data is transmitted though both links simultaneously however the total available electrical power is shared between the links. We demonstrate that SS outperforms HS when the power is optimally shared between the VLC and RF links.
AB - The paper is dedicated to analysis of hard switching (HS) and soft switching (SS) methods for hybrid VLC/RF systems. VLC communication is well known for its efficient high data rate service for short range wireless communication, however it relies on the condition of line of sight link. Its counterpart, RF communication, is easy to implement and widely available in most places. In this work, we consider hybrid VLC/RF system which takes advantages of both links by implementing HS and SS methods. In HS, either VLC or RF, whichever has higher throughput, is selected. In SS, on the other hand, data is transmitted though both links simultaneously however the total available electrical power is shared between the links. We demonstrate that SS outperforms HS when the power is optimally shared between the VLC and RF links.
KW - hard switching
KW - hybrid VLC/RF
KW - soft switching
KW - visible light communication
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U2 - 10.1109/ICAICT.2017.8687098
DO - 10.1109/ICAICT.2017.8687098
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85064982794
T3 - 11th IEEE International Conference on Application of Information and Communication Technologies, AICT 2017 - Proceedings
BT - 11th IEEE International Conference on Application of Information and Communication Technologies, AICT 2017 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 11th IEEE International Conference on Application of Information and Communication Technologies, AICT 2017
Y2 - 20 September 2017 through 22 September 2017
ER -