Authors:
Hikmatyarsyah
1
and
Sasono Rahardjo
2
Affiliations:
1
Research & Development Dept., FiberHome Technologies Indonesia, Tanjung Duren Selatan 11470, Jakarta, Indonesia
;
2
Electronics Technology Center, Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology Indonesia (BPPT), Puspiptek Serpong 15314, Tangerang, Indonesia
Keyword(s):
Visible Light Communication, Power Line Communication, Power over Ethernet, Distributed Antenna System, Input-dependent Noise, Input-independent Noise, Bit Error Rate, Single Carrier Modulation, Multi-carrier Modulation.
Abstract:
Integration of Visible Light Communication (VLC) system to Power Line Communication (PLC) or Ethernet (PoE) in terms of channel gain are introduced. The paper proposes the efficient system after comparison in terms of cost installation as a substitute for the use of optical fiber as a transmission media for this hybrid system to adopt early in the in-building coverage as a potential candidate to replace the radio-based traditional indoor system (DAS system) for low-to-medium transmission as commonly refer as small-cell. The downlink scenario has been chosen to apply with each different advantages and disadvantages of these hybrid technologies. In this paper, we provide a survey of each hybrid channel gain model with the introduction of input-dependent and input-independent noise to the input signal with data rates as the output with the error measurement of bit error rate (BER) using common optical single or multi-carrier modulation. After comparison, we can conclude that hybrid VLC
with PLC as the network backhauling has the advantage in terms of already-existed facility and easy-installment for an external adapter and this hybrid system tends to applied lower LED power consumption even though achieved lower data rates making this hybrid system has full potential to be applied in the near future.
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