Frequency-Domain Simulation of the Indoor Wireless Optical Communication Channel

Abstract

The indoor wireless optical communication channel is characterised by the multiple reflections of the light from the surrounding walls. We present a new frequency-domain simulation method for this channel. In contrast to the known time-domain simulation techniques, our method is not restricted to a finite order of reflections. We show that the contributions of an infinite number of reflections can be summed up analytically to a formula that can be handled by standard numerical methods. We illustrate the method by comparing it to the results of previous time domain simulations, and we apply it to the numerical evaluation of some further model scenarios with more than one transmitter.