Abstract
Visible light communication (VLC) is a promising technology that meets illumination and information transmission requirements in an indoor environment. Because light waves convey energy, a VLC link may exploit that fact for energy harvesting purposes. In this context, a single light emitting diode lamp located at a close distance over a tablet or laptop PC can potentially offer simultaneous lighting, Internet access, and battery recharging without cables. The present study introduces this threefold role of VLC systems by properly adapting some energy harvesting receiver architectures recently launched for usage in RF communications. The rate-energy trade-off for these architectures is revealed in order to maximize the efficiency of simultaneous energy and information reception, by elaborating on indicative numerical results. Furthermore, the performance in terms of the bit-error rate for pulse amplitude modulated signals is investigated. The results obtained offer some useful insights into the effective optical receiver implementation from the aspect of information theory.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 3421-3427 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Applied Optics |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 20 2017 |
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Illumination, data transmission, and energy harvesting : The threefold advantage of VLC. / Sandalidis, Harilaos G.; Vavoulas, Alexander; Tsiftsis, Theodoros A.; Vaiopoulos, Nicholas.
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