L. Chevalier, S. Sahuguède, A. Julien-Vergonjanne, P. Combeau, L. Aveneau
{"title":"Investigation of wireless optical technology for communication between on-body nodes","authors":"L. Chevalier, S. Sahuguède, A. Julien-Vergonjanne, P. Combeau, L. Aveneau","doi":"10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777782","url":null,"abstract":"Interferences in Body Area Networks (BANs) are a great challenge in order to ensure a good quality of service in health monitoring systems. BANs are disturbed by several kinds of wireless communications, as mobile cells or Wi-Fi systems. Thus the wireless optical technology could be considered as a solution to reduce the interference amount. The validity of such a solution is examined in terms of transmitted power and data rate. The novelty of this paper is that this is the first time where diffuse optical wireless technology is considered to achieve “on body” communication, using the multiple reflections of optical beams in the patient room.","PeriodicalId":134436,"journal":{"name":"2013 2nd International Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications (IWOW)","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131137487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. E. El Aziz, Engy K. El Nayal, M. Aly, A. K. AboulSeoud, W. P. Ng
{"title":"Impact of amplified spontaneous emission on the travelling wave semiconductor optical amplifier performance","authors":"A. E. El Aziz, Engy K. El Nayal, M. Aly, A. K. AboulSeoud, W. P. Ng","doi":"10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777791","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777791","url":null,"abstract":"The most important characteristic that affects the travelling wave-semiconductor optical amplifier (TW-SOA) performance is the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise. This paper presents the SOA operation using the segmentation model that utilizes the rate equation employing the ASE noise. The impact of ASE noise on the total SOA gain response in absence and presence of input signals is investigated. Also the impact of ASE noise on SOA length for a single pulse and a packet of pulses and making comparison between them are introduced. As well as studying the dependence of gain uniformity on SOA length under the influence of ASE noise is clarified by calculating the gain standard deviation.","PeriodicalId":134436,"journal":{"name":"2013 2nd International Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications (IWOW)","volume":"133 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126165306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Kolev, M. Matsumoto, K. Wakamori, T. Kubo, T. Yamada, N. Yoshimoto
{"title":"Hybrid line-of-sight indoor infrared laser wireless link with 10Gbps downlink and 1Gbps uplink","authors":"D. Kolev, M. Matsumoto, K. Wakamori, T. Kubo, T. Yamada, N. Yoshimoto","doi":"10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777793","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777793","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present a hybrid indoor infrared laser wireless system with tracked 10Gbps downlink and non-directed 1Gbps uplink. We show a novel localization system based on angle reflectors and image sensor that is able to provide exact coordinates of the receiver apertures. We also build simple mathematical model of the downlink and the uplink and show some mathematical results for the bit error rate for example networks. In the models we have considered the ambient noise, the amplifier spontaneous emission noise and the thermal noise. Furthermore, the link budget of the links is discussed.","PeriodicalId":134436,"journal":{"name":"2013 2nd International Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications (IWOW)","volume":"117 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117293860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PHY layer performance evaluation of the IEEE 802.15.7 visible light communication standard","authors":"E. Sarbazi, M. Uysal","doi":"10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777772","url":null,"abstract":"The IEEE 802.15.7 standard defines a PHY layer and medium access control (MAC) layer for visible light communication and promises data rates sufficient to support audio and video multimedia services. In this paper, we first provide an overview of different PHY types available in the IEEE 802.15.7 standard, then present an extensive comparative error rate performance evaluation of PHY I, II and III types through Monte Carlo simulations.","PeriodicalId":134436,"journal":{"name":"2013 2nd International Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications (IWOW)","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134124338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SINR analysis and cell zooming with constant illumination for indoor VLC networks","authors":"M. Rahaim, T. Little","doi":"10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777769","url":null,"abstract":"Visible Light Communication offers potential for dual purpose devices providing both wireless data and illumination; however much of the early research in the area has focused primarily on link capacity. In this work, an RF cell zooming method is adapted for VLC such that the additional requirement of constant illumination is met. This method has the potential to improve traffic distribution in multi-user environments and handover at cell edges when considering mobile users. SINR is observed and analyzed in a range of scenarios to show coverage variability when transmitters are capable of dynamically changing their signal power.","PeriodicalId":134436,"journal":{"name":"2013 2nd International Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications (IWOW)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128484862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Chvojka, J. Bohata, J. Libich, S. Zvánovec, Joaquin Perez
{"title":"Laboratory and outdoor availability and spatial coherence tests of wireless optical links","authors":"P. Chvojka, J. Bohata, J. Libich, S. Zvánovec, Joaquin Perez","doi":"10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777788","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777788","url":null,"abstract":"Wireless optical links can bring new added technologic approach atop of today's wireless networks forming their backbones and subparts. However several measurements have to be performed in order to get close insight on their availability within infrastructures. The paper reports recent tests at the Czech Technical University in Prague in cooperation with Northumbria University. New testbeds have been developed for outdoor and indoor measurements. Together with reports from packet and BER measurements, paper introduces complementary results on spatial coherence measurements for single link influenced by turbulence.","PeriodicalId":134436,"journal":{"name":"2013 2nd International Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications (IWOW)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128261930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Monte Carlo simulation for underwater optical wireless communications","authors":"F. Jasman, R. Green","doi":"10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777789","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777789","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the Monte Carlo simulation to evaluate the performance of underwater optical wireless communication for two types of link configuration: line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight reflective links. For line-of-sight links, comparison is made between a collimated and a diffused beam. The results demonstrate that the transmitter beam divergence has a significant impact in the transmission in clean seawater compared to turbid water. The bandwidth that can be achieved for line-of sight links is estimated to be around 100 MHz in turbid water and much higher in clean water. For non-line-of-sight reflective links the bandwidth is severely limited to around 20 MHz in clean water.","PeriodicalId":134436,"journal":{"name":"2013 2nd International Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications (IWOW)","volume":"566 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125919611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Brazda, O. Fiser, C. Capsoni, R. Nebuloni, P. Pesice, Z. Chládová
{"title":"Cloud microphysics from the free space optical link point of view — Preliminary experimental results","authors":"V. Brazda, O. Fiser, C. Capsoni, R. Nebuloni, P. Pesice, Z. Chládová","doi":"10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777778","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777778","url":null,"abstract":"Our experimental site is located on the top of the Milesovka hill in the Czech Republic. Low clouds reach the top of the hill very often. Using the sensor which measures the liquid water content and the particle surface area, we are able to derive the parameters of the Khrgian-Mazin model of the drop size distribution. Results of processing a few selected cloud events are shown considering the free space optical link attenuation.","PeriodicalId":134436,"journal":{"name":"2013 2nd International Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications (IWOW)","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125265927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. M. Abadi, Zabih Ghassemlooy, David Smith, Wai Pang Ng
{"title":"A report on H-FSO/RF antenna measurement for outdoor applications","authors":"M. M. Abadi, Zabih Ghassemlooy, David Smith, Wai Pang Ng","doi":"10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777790","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777790","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a report on experimental set up and results for a hybrid free space optics (FSO)/radio frequency (RF) dual purpose antenna for outdoor applications. The basic design of the antenna is discussed and we present two sets of early experimental results for the signal to noise ratio (SNR) and the Q-factor for the RF and FSO simplex link at the far-field distance of RF antenna, respectively. Over a link span of 15 m the measured SNR and the Q-factor are 45.68 dB and 15.69, respectively, demonstrating the functioning transmission capability of the hybrid FSO/RF link employing the proposed antenna.","PeriodicalId":134436,"journal":{"name":"2013 2nd International Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications (IWOW)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127686539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Indoor hybrid fibre and wireless CDMA system using optically preamplified fibre coupled receiver","authors":"A. M. Mbah, J. G. Walker, A. J. Phillips","doi":"10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777785","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777785","url":null,"abstract":"Hybrid fibre and optical wireless systems are a potential route to flexible access networks. When combined with code division multiple access (CDMA), there is the possibility of using a power combiner to extend the network to multiple users in a wider coverage area or different rooms and such a scheme is proposed and analyzed here. Moment generating function (MGF) techniques are used to account for the amplified spontaneous emission noise (ASE) resulting from optical amplification and bit error rate (BER) analysis is performed using the Saddle point approximation (SPA), Chernoff bound (CB) and the Gaussian approximation (GA). Different codes and splitting ratios are used to analyze the hybrid fibre and wireless systems from ceiling unit to ultimate receiver, exemplifying the cases where number of users is restricted by code or split.","PeriodicalId":134436,"journal":{"name":"2013 2nd International Workshop on Optical Wireless Communications (IWOW)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132339509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}