Reproducing Multicarrier Modulation Schemes for Visible Light Communication With the Ripple Modulation Technique

As an extension and complement of the terrestrial network, the space information network has attracted extensive attention and is expected to play a significant role in the human society. In this article, we introduce an architecture of the space information network and summarize the key technical issues in the satellite-ground transmission. Then, we present traditional modulation schemes that highly affect the performance of the satellite-ground transmission and analyze their shortcomings which limit the development of space information networks. As an urgent and necessary mission to deal with the above shortcomings and promote the transmission performance of space information networks, new multicarrier modulation based satellite-ground transmission schemes are proposed in this article. We compare new multicarrier modulation schemes with traditional modulation schemes for satellite-ground transmission in detail, and conduct simulations to verify the superiority of new multicarrier modulation schemes. Finally, possible future research directions are identified.

Multicarrier modulation (MCM) schemes have been intensively studied and developed, because of their numerous advantages, which include high data rate and immunity to multipath fading. Among MCM schemes, filter bank multicarrier with offset quadrature amplitude modulation (FBMC-OQAM) has attracted considerable interest in recent years. However, the FBMC-OQAM system exhibits a high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR). In this paper, we investigate the FBMC-OQAM system and present a solution for the problem of high PAPR that involves two separate components: minimizing the PAPR of each data block and optimizing each segment based on the preceding result. Unlike conventional partial transmit sequence techniques, the new method uses fewer combinations of phase factors, thereby decreasing the complexity of the algorithm while still reducing PAPR. In addition, sparse clipping signals are recovered by compressed sensing, and the bit error rates were analyzed based on sparsity level. The reductions in PAPR were also numerically evaluated using simulations. The simulation results confirm that the proposed technique effectively reduces the high peaks in the FBMC-OQAM system.

In order to deal with the increasing number of mobile devices and with their demand for Internet services, particularly social media platforms, streaming video, and online gaming, Radio-Frequency (RF) wireless networks have been pushed to their capacity limits. In addition to this, 80% of the total data traffic is carried out by users inside buildings. Therefore, new technologies have started to be considered for indoor wireless communications. Visible Light Communications (VLC) can provide both illumination and communications, appearing as an alternative or complement to RF wireless networks. VLC offers high bandwidth and immunity to interference from electromagnetic sources. This manuscript reviews recent high-capacity VLC demonstrations. The main focus of this work is to present digital-signal-processing techniques used in VLC systems. Different modulation formats are analyzed, which can be divided into two large groups, namely single-carrier and multi-carrier modulation schemes. Finally, some recently proposed capacity-achieving strategies are presented. We discuss how to implement these techniques and how they will be useful for the continued development of VLC systems.

Recently, visible light communication (VLC) system has gained attention due to its higher data rate, wider spectrum, higher security, lower weight, extensive lifespan of LEDs, smaller sizes of apertures and lower power consumption, lower cost, and no health issues etc. The VLC is used to strengthen the radio frequency (RF) communication and it also improves the communication performance in short range such as homes, offices, corridors, hospitals, aircrafts etc. The VLC provides dual functionality, that is, illumination and communication through the same LED simultaneously. It needs fast switching of LED (which is not detectable by human eyes) along with some appropriate modulation schemes for VLC to provide communication and illumination simultaneously. Meanwhile, LED should be powered on for the duration of communication, which conversely creates two challenges. First, the LED would consume more electrical power, which makes the system expensive. Second, LED can also be used in a dimming mode to save the power. Dimming of LED decreases the data rate. The data rate is inadequate due to modulation bandwidth of high brightness LED. The power and the data rate can be achieved by using different modulation schemes or line encoding schemes. There are a number of other factors such as interference of sun light, reflection of mirror or other fluorescent or candescent light disturbing the communication due to visible light usage in communication, interference to other VLC devices, integration of VLC with existing architecture of communication system, that is, Wi-Fi. The rest of the chapter is organized as follows. Section 1.1 gives an overview of VLC, followed by the brief discussion on the VLC system architecture in Section 1.2. Section 1.3 highlights the applications of the VLC. The general modulation schemes are given in Section 1.4. Then, Section 1.5 discusses the power efficient techniques, spectral efficient techniques are covered in Section 1.6, and Section 1.7 demonstrates the interference cancellation techniques. This chapter also discusses a comparison of different modulation techniques in terms of power efficiency, spectral efficiency, and interference cancellation and concludes with the best suited technique for power, spectrum, and interference.

The 5G wireless communication requires transmission of information with high data rate, channel capacity, QoS in addition to less PAPR. The modulation scheme is performed in the physical layer of the network. Multi Carrier Modulation (MCM) schemes are widely preferred over single carrier modulation. Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a very competent modulation method used in 4G wireless communication systems. This paper concentrates on the principle, analysis and comparison of Cyclic Prefix OFDM (CP-OFDM) with the Filtered OFDM (F-OFDM) at a frequency of 15 MHz, SNR of 18dB for various modulations like QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM and 256QAM. F-OFDM is a flexible form of OFDM technique with lesser value of the peak to average power ratio (PAPR) allowing it to be used in the 5G wireless applications.

Hard-switching-induced switching loss can contribute significantly to the power loss of an isolated bidirectional dual-active-bridge (DAB) dc–dc converter operating at high frequency. An $LC$ -type series resonant DAB converter based on a switch-controlled-inductor (SCI) is proposed to mitigate the loss arising from hard switching under wide-range variations in output voltage and current. Zero-voltage switching is achieved at the primary side (high voltage), while at the secondary side (low voltage), zero-current switching is preferred to reduce excessive ringing due to circulating current and switching loss. In order to achieve reduced conduction loss, a nominal operating point is chosen where the root-mean-square resonant tank current is the minimum. To validate the proposed topology and modulation scheme, an $LC$ -type series resonant DAB converter based on SCI operating at 100 kHz is designed to interface a 400-V dc bus to a supercapacitor-based energy storage. Simulation and experimental results validate the effectiveness of the proposed topology for charging/discharging a supercapacitor with an output voltage variation of between 10 and 48 V and a maximum rated power of 480 W. A maximum efficiency of 94.6% is achieved using the proposed topology and modulation scheme.

Wireless communication has a very important role in the day to day life for everyone. The wireless technology is growing rapidly and there is a growing demand of high performance, capacity and larger bit rate wireless communication systems which cope wireless communication services such as high speed data, video and voice signals. Multicarrier modulation scheme like OFDM provides an efficient solution to overcome this problem. In this paper a gray scale image processing is done using a LMS algorithm with wavelet based OFDM system using the QPSK modulation scheme in AWGN and Rayleigh channel in SISO environment and results are compared with the conventional adaptive FFT based OFDM system. We reconstruct our transmitted signal at receiver; in both systems by minimizing the error by adaptive filter but the computational complexity of FFT based system is more as compared to DWT based system. Results are compared in term of SNR vs BER which shows that adaptive DWT based OFDM system perform better as compared to the conventional adaptive FFT OFDM system.

In the recent past, research in visible light communication (VLC) has gained a lot interest due to its distinct characteristics in supporting high-speed optical wireless communication and illumination simultaneously. To implement a reliable VLC system, few parameters have to be considered for communication channels such as distance between transmitter and receiver, data rate, line of sight (LOS) and non-line of sight (NLOS) communication paths, signal power and delay of the channel. In this paper, we designed and simulated a LOS and NLOS multipath VLC model using single and multiple LEDs. Basic on-off keying (OOK) modulation scheme and available conventional LED configuration have been considered to analyze the effects of field of view (FOV) and the reflection of the light signal on received power level. Moreover, BER and quality of transmission were measured for single and multipath transmissions considering distance, incident and irradiance angles.

• Core Innovation & Objective • Developed a novel, integrated system architecture combining a modified USRP X310 software-defined radio platform with a custom-designed high-power LED optical transceiver. • Achieved high-speed, low-latency, and highly reliable audio-video transmission over Visible Light Communication (VLC) for intelligent transportation and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) applications, particularly in electromagnetically sensitive environments. • Key Technical Breakthroughs • LED Bandwidth Extension: Designed an innovative active pre-equalization circuit (based on a 4th-order high-pass RC bypass and op-amps) that dramatically increased the 3dB modulation bandwidth of a commercial 15W LED from 3 MHz to 120 MHz. • High-Speed Modulation: Successfully implemented 64QAM-OFDM modulation/demodulation using GNU Radio on the USRP, enabling spectrally efficient data transmission. • Advanced Optical Design: Custom-designed optical lenses (transmitter and receiver) and a high-power Bias-T circuit for efficient AC/DC coupling, ensuring the LED operates in its linear region and maximizing optical power transfer. • Stable Link Performance: Incorporated an Automatic Gain Control (AGC) circuit at the receiver, stabilizing the output voltage between 1.2V - 2.0V and maintaining a modulation signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) > 23 dB over varying distances. • Outstanding System Performance • The experimentally demonstrated performance metrics are exceptional for a VLC system: • Peak Data Rate: 500 Mbps • Communication Distance: 0 - 110 meters • Bit Error Rate (BER): As low as 1.74 × 10⁻⁵ (far below the 1 × 10⁻⁴ target) • End-to-End Latency: < 0.1 s • Beam Angle: 11.5° (Transmitter) • Field of View (FOV): ≤ 18° (Receiver) • System Integration and Design • Hardware-Software Co-Design: Seamless integration of the USRP X310 (handling digital baseband processing) with the custom analog optical front-end. • Compact and Practical: The system is designed for external mounting on vehicles, offering a practical solution for real-world deployment. • Simulation-Guided Design: Used LightTools for optical design and Optisystem for communication link simulation to validate the design before implementation. • Significance and Application Value • Solves Critical Challenges: Provides a high-speed, secure, and EMI-free communication alternative to traditional RF in environments like military operations, petroleum facilities, and intelligent transportation systems. • 6G Potential: Serves as a practical reference for the development of VLC as a complementary technology in 6G networks. • Demonstrates Feasibility: Successfully proves the viability of using commercial LEDs and USRP platforms for building high-performance, medium-to-long-range optical communication systems. • This work represents a significant step forward in practical high-speed VLC system design, combining theoretical innovation with robust engineering to achieve state-of-the-art performance. Existing vehicular VLC systems suffer from limited bandwidth, short transmission distances, low data rates, and support only a narrow range of communication services. To address these issues, this paper proposes a vehicle-mounted high-speed LED visible light communication (VLC) system based on Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP). Leveraging 64QAM-OFDM digital modulation, an improved USRP X310 hardware platform, and a PC, we establish a novel architecture comprising digital baseband and optical transceiver modules. The baseband module eliminates traditional spectrum-shifting circuits and antennas, retaining only FPGA and ADC/DAC units. Audio/video files undergo 64QAM-OFDM modulation directly on the PC, with modulated signals output via DAC to a custom-designed wide-bandwidth LED transceiver. A broadband hardware equalization network based on a fourth-order RC bypass circuit was designed expands the 3dB bandwidth of high-power LEDs from 3 MHz to 120 MHz. Combined with automatic gain control (AGC), this achieves an optical transceiver with 12–15 W output power, >23 dB optical modulation signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and stable receiver output voltage (1.2–2.0 V). The resulting compact system delivers low latency, high data rates, and high reliability. Under aligned optical path conditions, the system achieves >1 Mbit/s at 110 m (BER 0.49 × 10⁻⁵, delay 0.009-0.05s) and a peak rate of 500 Mbit/s at 10 m (BER 7.4 × 10⁻⁵), with an 11.5° transmit angle and a receiver field of view (FOV) of less than 18°. This work demonstrates the feasibility of high-power LED-based 64QAM-OFDM communication using USRP X310 for medium- to long-range vehicular links, providing a reference for intelligent transportation systems.

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is a multicarrier modulation scheme widely used in 4G. It is effective for reducing the effects of multipath delay in wireless communication. For OFDM system, total delay spread (Td) is less than symbol period (T); it can be combined with antenna arrays at transmitter and receiver (MIMO) to increase diversity gain called as MIMO-OFDM system. MIMO-OFDM improves system capacity on time-variant and frequency-selective channels. The quality of service provided by a system greatly depends upon the correct selection of modulation scheme. In this paper, analysis and simulation of OFDM-MIMO system with different digital modulation schemes like BPSK, 8-PSK, QPSK, and QAM is performed using Alamouti space–time block codes (STBC). STBC uses spatial and time dimensions for error control unlike traditional methods that uses only time dimension. A comparison study shows that for a given data rate and channel conditions, OFDM-MIMO using STBC with BPSK modulation is better compared with other digital modulation techniques in terms of error performance. OFDM-MIMO using STBC with BPSK modulation is further analyzed and simulated for various antenna configurations. It is observed that as numbers of antennas at transmitter and receiver side are increased, the system diversity increases and gives better performance in terms of BER.

Visible light communication (VLC) is considered a breakthrough wireless communication technology that has been proven capable of achieving very high data rates. This is a key advantage in indoor communication scenarios, since the vast majority of wireless traffic is witnessed in indoor communications. In every wireless system, the trade-off between achievable throughput, transmit signal power and corresponding error rate performance is largely dependent upon the considered modulation format. This is also the case in VLC systems, which are typically characterized by stringent performance requirements. Motivated by this, in the present contribution we introduce the space shift keying (SSK) modulation scheme in the context of non-orthogonal-multiple-access (NOMA) communications, which have been shown to be a performance enhancer of indoor based VLC systems. Based on this, all network users in the considered set up receive the same superimposed signal of all NOMA users, which is transmitted from the activated transmitters corresponding to the multiplexed SSK users information. Based on this and assuming a unique maximum likelihood detection, we quantity the system performance in terms of the corresponding bit error rate (BER) performance at each receiver. This analysis leads to the development of useful insights of theoretical and practical interest, which are expected to be useful in the effective design, implementation and deployment of SSK in NOMA based VLC systems.

VLC-beacon detection with an under-sampled ambient light sensor

This article reviews the visible light communications (VLC), a technology in which the visible spectrum is modulated to transmit data. It presents the VLC communication system: the transmitter, the channel, and the receiver. The single and multichannel transceivers are presented. The channel for a system that uses a single light‐emitting diodes (LED) and the matrix representing the multicolor channel are discussed. Various modulation schemes, basic techniques used to implement a VLC system, and different causes of dimming are discussed. In addition, standardization of the VLC technology, applications, as well as challenges for VLC practical implementation and commercialization are reviewed.

Both conduction loss and switching loss can contribute significantly to the overall power loss of an isolated bidirectional dual-active-bridge series-resonant dc-dc converter (DABSRC) operating at high frequency. To achieve soft switching and minimum-tank-current operation under wide-range variations in output voltage and current, a switched-impedance-based DABSRC is proposed. Minimum-tank-current operation aims to reduce conduction loss arising from circulating current at the low voltage, high-current side of DABSRC. Full-range soft switching is achieved in all switches, thus, switching loss is significantly reduced. With this new topology, power control is achieved by controlling a switch-controlled capacitor in the series resonant tank while ensuring minimum-tank-current operation and soft switching in all switches. The proposed topology and modulation scheme are validated by means of a 1-kW experimental prototype of DABSRC operating at 100 kHz designed to interface a 250-V dc bus to a supercapacitor with a rated output voltage of 48 V. The effectiveness of the proposed topology for charging/discharging a supercapacitor at a maximum rated power of 1 kW is verified by simulations and experimental results with a maximum efficiency of 97.5%.

Filter Bank Multicarrier and Generalized Frequency Division Multiplexing are being considered as the major candidates for the 5G modulation schemes. Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing is used in 4G but owing to its Out of Band spectral leakage it is being replaced by these modified waveforms. Multicarrier Modulation schemes are sensitive to Carrier Frequency Offset which significantly degrades the Signal to Noise Ratio by introducing Inter Carrier Interference causing degradation in the Bit Error Rate performance. This paper provides an in-depth investigation and analysis on the effects of Carrier Frequency Offset on the performance of Filter Bank Multicarrier and Generalized Frequency Division Multiplexing under AWGN and fading environments. Results are compared with the Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing to highlight the features of either modulation scheme under various static and dynamic environments.