Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 16, Issue 12, 120603(2018)

Advanced modulation formats for underwater visible light communications [Invited]

Nan Chi* and Meng Shi
Author Affiliations
  • Key Laboratory for Information Science of Electromagnetic Waves (MoE), Shanghai Institute for Advanced Communication and Data Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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    Schematic diagram: (a) CAP-64 system; (b) OFDM 64QAM system; (c) DFT-S OFDM 64QAM system.
    Structure of the RLS-Volterra post-equalizer.
    CCDF versus PAPR of CAP-64, OFDM 64QAM, and DFT-S OFDM 64QAM.
    Experimental setup of (a), (b) the underwater VLC system and (c) the free-space VLC system.
    Block diagram of post-equalization in the CAP, DFT-S OFDM, and OFDM systems.
    Spectrum maps for the UVLC system at the transmitter, at the receiver, and after the first post-equalization: (a) CAP at the transmitter; (b) DFT-S OFDM at the transmitter; (c) OFDM at the transmitter; (d) CAP at the receiver; (e) DFT-S OFDM at the receiver; (f) OFDM at the receiver; (g) CAP after the first post-equalization; (h) DFT-S OFDM after the first post-equalization; and (i) OFDM after the first post-equalization.
    Amplitude to amplitude (AM/AM) response of CAP modulation in (a) the UVLC system and (b) the VLC system.
    BER versus LED current in (a) the traditional VLC system and (b) the UVLC system.
    BER versus order of Volterra in the UVLC and VLC systems with (a) CAP, (b) DFT-S, and (c) OFDM.
    BER versus number of taps in the UVLC and VLC systems with (a) CAP, (b) DFT-S, and (c) OFDM.
    BER performance of the 2nd post-equalization for OFDM and DFT-S OFDM in the UVLC system: (a) with different number of pilot, (b) channel curve when the number of pilot is 2, and (c) channel curve when the number of pilot is 256.
    BER versus LED optical power of CAP, DFT-S, and OFDM systems.
    BER versus peak-to-peak voltages (Vpp) of the LED in CAP, DFT-S OFDM, and OFDM systems.
    BER performance versus bandwidth of three advanced modulation formats in the UVLC system.
    • Table 1. Summary of Research Results of VLC Systems

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      Table 1. Summary of Research Results of VLC Systems

      TransmitterModulation FormatsEqualizationReceiverData RateDistanceResearch GroupYear
      White LEDOOK/Sensor1022 b/s2 kmJapan VLCC[1]2008
      White LEDOOKPrePIN40 Mb/s2 mOxford[2]2008
      White LEDOOKPostPIN80 Mb/s10 cmOxford[3]2008
      White LEDDMTPostPIN101 Mb/s1 cmGermany HHI[4]2008
      White LEDDMTPostPIN230 Mb/s70 cmGermany HHI[5]2009
      White LEDDMTPostAPD513 Mb/s30 cmGermany HHI[6]2010
      RGB LEDDMTPostAPD803 Mb/s12 cmGermany HHI[7]2011
      RGB LEDDMTPostAPD1.25 Gb/s10 cmGermany HHI[8]2012
      RGB LEDDMTPostAPD2.1 Gb/s10 cmItaly SSSUP[9]2012
      RGB LEDDMTPostAPD3.4 Gb/s10 cmItaly SSSUP[10]2012
      White LEDCAPPostPIN1.1 Gb/s23 cmTaiwan Jiao Tong University[11]2012
      RGB LEDCAPPostPIN3.22 Gb/s25 cmTaiwan Jiao Tong University[12]2013
      RGBY LEDDMTPostPIN5.6 Gb/s1.5 mItaly SSSUP[13]2014
      RGB LEDSCPre/PostAPD4.22 Gb/s1 mFudan University[14]2014
      RGB LEDCAPPre/PostPIN4.5 Gb/s2 mFudan University[15]2015
      RGB LEDCAPPre/PostPIN8 Gb/s1 mFudan University[16]2015
      μLEDPAM4Pre/PostAPD2 Gb/s60 cmCambridge University[17]2015
      RGB LEDPAM8Pre/PostPIN3.375 Gb/s1 mFudan University[18]2016
      RGBY LEDDMTPre/PostPIN9.51 Gb/s1 mFudan University[19]2016
      RGB LEDDCO-OFDMPre/PostPIN10.4 Gb/s1.5 mOxford[20]
      RGBYC silicon substrate LEDQAM-DMTPre/PostPIN10.72 Gb/s1 mNanchang University & Fudan University[21]2018
    • Table 2. Summary of Research Results of LED UVLC Systems

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      Table 2. Summary of Research Results of LED UVLC Systems

      TransmitterModulation FormatsEqualizationReceiverData RateDistance (m)Authors and Research GroupYear
      Six blue LEDsDPIM/APD0.6 Mb/s9Doniec et al., National University of Singapore[30]2010
      Two-LED arraysNRZ 8 b/10 b/APD12.5 Mb/s2.5Cossu et al., Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna VTeCIP, Italy[33]2014
      Compact blue LEDOFDMPre/PostPIN161 Mb/s2Xu et al., Zhejiang University[34]2016
      μLEDOOK/PIN/APD200 Mb/s5.4Tian et al., Fudan University[35]2017
      Two blue LEDsPAM4/MPPC (contain SPADs)12.288 Mb/s2Kong et al., Zhejiang University[36]2018
      Blue silicon substrate LEDQAM-DMTPre/PostPIN2.175 Gb/s1.2Wang et al., Fudan University[37]2018
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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Jul. 5, 2018

    Accepted: Nov. 1, 2018

    Published Online: Dec. 7, 2018

    The Author Email: Nan Chi (nanchi@fudan.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL201816.120603

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