High speed millimeter-wave and visible light communication with off-the-shelf components

Iman Tavakkolnia; David Cheadle; Rui Bian; Tian Hong Loh; Harald Haas

doi:10.1109/GCWkshps50303.2020.9367475

High speed millimeter-wave and visible light communication with off-the-shelf components

Iman Tavakkolnia, David Cheadle, Rui Bian, Tian Hong Loh, Harald Haas

Electronic And Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

The ever increasing demand for higher data rates and seamless wireless connectivity have forced both academic and industrial strategists of wireless communications to consider exploring higher frequency bands other than the heavily utilised sub-6 GHz radio spectrum. The millimetre, infrared, and visible light spectra of electromagnetic waves are three of the most favourable choices. In this paper, we examine two wireless communication testbed systems operating in the millimetre-wave (mmWave) and visible spectra. Both systems are based on commercially available off-the-shelf components. Different aspects, e.g., modulation, link distance and partial link blockage, are studied. We experimentally show that both systems are capable of providing giga-bit-per-second data rates, and infer that a hybrid system can be the solution that mitigates drawbacks of each individual technology.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2020 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2020 - Proceedings
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ.
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728173078
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/GCWkshps50303.2020.9367475
Publication status	Published - 11 Dec 2020
Event	2020 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2020 - Virtual, Taipei, Taiwan Duration: 7 Dec 2020 → 11 Dec 2020

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Name	2020 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2020 - Proceedings

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Conference	2020 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2020
Country/Territory	Taiwan
City	Virtual, Taipei
Period	7/12/20 → 11/12/20

Funding

This work was supported by Royal Academy of Engineering and Newton Fund under project reference UK-CIAPP/369. Professor H. Haas gratefully acknowledges the support by the Engineering and Physical Research Council (EPSRC) under Grant EP/R007101/1. He also acknowledges the financial support by the Wolfson Foundation and the Royal Society. The work of D. Cheadle and T. H. Loh was in part supported by The 2017-2020 National Measurement System Programme of the UK government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), under Science Theme Reference EMT20 of that Programme.

Keywords

5G
Light Fidelity (LiFi)
Millimeter-wave (mmWave)
orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)
visible light communication (VLC)

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2020 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2020 - Proceedings. Piscataway, NJ.: IEEE, 2020. 367475 (2020 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2020 - Proceedings).

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