Investigation into Using Compensation for the Nonlinear Effects of the Output of LEDs in Visible Light Communication Systems

Andrew Burton; Zabih Ghassemlooy; Stanislav Zvánovec; Paul Anthony Haigh; Hoa Le Minh; Xicong Li

doi:10.1109/WACOWC.2019.8770197

Investigation into Using Compensation for the Nonlinear Effects of the Output of LEDs in Visible Light Communication Systems

Andrew Burton, Zabih Ghassemlooy, Stanislav Zvánovec, Paul Anthony Haigh, Hoa Le Minh, Xicong Li

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Abstract

This paper investigate the effects of the nonlinear output power to the input current transfer function of a light emitting diode (LED) used as the transmitter in visible light communication systems, and proposes a compensation technique to mitigate the non-linearity. Using an off the shelf red, amber, blue, green (RAGB) LED the nonlinear transfer function is measured and then compensated for. The results show that, for the green LED, which has the highest degree of nonlinearity, an improvement in the received error vector magnitude (EVM)of almost 7 dB can be achieved. We also show that, the improvement in EVM over the uncompensated scheme decreases with increased LED linearity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The 2nd West Asian Colloquium on Optical Wireless Communications (WACOWC2019)
Subtitle of host publication	27-28 April, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	80-84
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728137674
ISBN (Print)	9781728137681
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WACOWC.2019.8770197
Publication status	Published - Apr 2019
Event	2019 2nd West Asian Colloquium on Optical Wireless Communications (WACOWC) - Tehran, Iran Duration: 27 Apr 2019 → 28 Apr 2019

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Conference	2019 2nd West Asian Colloquium on Optical Wireless Communications (WACOWC)
Period	27/04/19 → 28/04/19

Keywords

Compensation
EVM
LED
MCAP
Nonlinear
Visible light communications

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Burton, A., Ghassemlooy, Z., Zvánovec, S., Haigh, P. A., Le Minh, H., & Li, X. (2019). Investigation into Using Compensation for the Nonlinear Effects of the Output of LEDs in Visible Light Communication Systems. In The 2nd West Asian Colloquium on Optical Wireless Communications (WACOWC2019): 27-28 April, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran (pp. 80-84). Article 8770197 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/WACOWC.2019.8770197

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Burton, A, Ghassemlooy, Z, Zvánovec, S, Haigh, PA, Le Minh, H & Li, X 2019, Investigation into Using Compensation for the Nonlinear Effects of the Output of LEDs in Visible Light Communication Systems. in The 2nd West Asian Colloquium on Optical Wireless Communications (WACOWC2019): 27-28 April, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran., 8770197, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 80-84, 2019 2nd West Asian Colloquium on Optical Wireless Communications (WACOWC), 27/04/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/WACOWC.2019.8770197

Investigation into Using Compensation for the Nonlinear Effects of the Output of LEDs in Visible Light Communication Systems. / Burton, Andrew; Ghassemlooy, Zabih; Zvánovec, Stanislav et al.
The 2nd West Asian Colloquium on Optical Wireless Communications (WACOWC2019): 27-28 April, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2019. p. 80-84 8770197.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Burton A, Ghassemlooy Z, Zvánovec S, Haigh PA, Le Minh H, Li X. Investigation into Using Compensation for the Nonlinear Effects of the Output of LEDs in Visible Light Communication Systems. In The 2nd West Asian Colloquium on Optical Wireless Communications (WACOWC2019): 27-28 April, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. 2019. p. 80-84. 8770197 doi: 10.1109/WACOWC.2019.8770197

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