Channel modelling and error performance investigation for reading lights based in-flight LiFi

Yesilkaya, Anil and Haas, Harald (2022) Channel modelling and error performance investigation for reading lights based in-flight LiFi. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 71 (5). pp. 4949-4964. ISSN 0018-9545 (https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2022.3148796)

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Abstract

The new generation of communication technologies are constantly being pushed to meet a diverse range of user requirements such as high data rate, low power consumption, very low latency, very high reliability and broad availability. To address all these demands, fifth generation (5G) radio access technologies have been extended into a wide range of new services. However, there are still only a limited number of applications for radio frequency (RF) based wireless communications inside aircraft cabins that comply with the 5G vision. Potential interference and safety issues in on-board wireless communications pose significant deployment challenges. By transforming each reading light into an optical wireless access point (AP), light-fidelity (LiFi), could provide seamless on-board connectivity in dense cabin environments without RF interference. Furthermore, the utilization of available reading lights allows for a relatively simple, cost-effective deployment with the high energy and spectral efficiency. To successfully implement the aeronautical cabin LiFi applications, comprehensive optical channel characterization is required. In this paper, we propose a novel Monte Carlo ray-tracing (MCRT) channel modelling technique to capture the details of in-flight LiFi links. Accordingly, a realistic channel simulator, which takes the cabin models, interior elements and measurement based optical source, receiver, surface material characteristics into account is developed. The effect of the operation wavelength, cabin model accuracy and user terminal mobility on the optical channel conditions is also investigated. As a final step, the on-board direct-current biased optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DCO-OFDM) performance is evaluated by using obtained in-flight LiFi channels. Numerical results show that the location of a mobile terminal and accurate aircraft cabin modelling yield as much as 12 and 2 dB performance difference, respectively.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:79430
    Dates:
    Date
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    7 February 2022
    Published
    25 January 2022
    Accepted
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    Subjects:Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:03 Feb 2022 10:30
    Last modified:26 Apr 2024 00:51
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/79430
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