Fundamental analysis of a car to car visible light communication system

Pengfei Luo, Zabih Ghassemlooy, Hoa Le Minh, Edward Bentley, Andrew Burton, Xuan Tang

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Abstract

This paper presents a mathematical model for car-to-car (C2C) visible light communications (VLC) that aims to predict the system performance under different communication geometries. A market-weighted headlamp beam pattern model is employed. We consider both the line-of-sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) links, and outline the relationship between the communication distance, the system bit error rate (BER) performance and the BER distribution on a vertical plane. Results show that by placing a photodetector (PD) at a height of 0.2-0.4 m above road surface in the car, the communications coverage range can be extended up to 20 m at a data rate of 2Mbps.
Original languageEnglish
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2014
Event9th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP 2014) - Manchester, UK
Duration: 1 Jul 2014 → …

Conference

Conference9th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP 2014)
Period1/07/14 → …

Keywords

  • bit error rate
  • car-to-car communication
  • LED
  • road reflection
  • visible light communication

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