On the performance of DF-based power-line/visible-light communication systems

Gheth, W; Rabie, KM; Adebisi, B; Ijaz, M; Harris, GD

Abstract

This paper presents a comprehensive performance analysis of an integrated indoor power line communication (PLC)/visible light communication (VLC) system with the presence of a decode-and-forward (DF) relay. The existing indoor power line networks are used as the backbone for VLCs. The performance of the proposed system is evaluated in terms of the average capacity and the outage probability. A new unified mathematical method is developed for the PLC/VLC system and analytical expressions for the aforementioned performance metrics are derived. Monte Carlo simulations are provided throughout the paper to verify the correctness of the analysis. The results reveal that the performance of the proposed system deteriorates with increasing the end-to-end distance and improves with increasing the relay transmit power. It is also shown that the outage probability of the system under consideration is negatively affected by the vertical distance to user plane.

Citation

Gheth, W., Rabie, K., Adebisi, B., Ijaz, M., & Harris, G. On the performance of DF-based power-line/visible-light communication systems. Presented at 2018 International Conference on Signal Processing and Information Security (ICSPIS), Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: 2018 International Conference on Signal Processing and Information Security (ICSPIS)
• Conference Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• End Date: Nov 8, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Feb 18, 2019
• Publication Date: Nov 8, 2018
• Deposit Date: Oct 14, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 14, 2020
• ISBN: 9781728102573
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/cspis.2018.8642750
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cspis.2018.8642750
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