Signal to interference plus noise ratio improvement of a multi‐cell indoor visible light communication system through optimal parameter selection complying lighting constraints

Abstract

AbstractTo achieve improved communication and illumination performances of a multi‐cell indoor visible light communication system, the selection of transmitter configuration and receiver's field of view (FoV) play a critical role. Based on multiple criteria decision modeling, a design‐centric methodology is proposed in this paper to determine the optimal transmitter configuration and receiver's FoV under lighting constraints. These optimal parameter selections are instrumental to obtain a highly uncorrelated channel, thus significantly mitigate both co‐channel interference from the neighboring transmitter and intersymbol interference due to multipath reflection. The implication for the optimum selection is explored using two communication and two lighting (Eavg, UO) performance indicating metrics. For a typical indoor scenario, three different transmitter arrangements with varying half‐power beam‐width are considered as alternatives. Furthermore, the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) is tested over the communication floor (CF) by a simple receiver structure with a single photodiode. Incorporating the optimal transmitter configuration and receiver's FoV, 36.13 dB average SINR and 345 lx average horizontal illuminance is achieved. Analytically obtained SINR is also validated using a commercial ray tracing optical software for different positions over the CF. In comparison with the state of the art non‐optimal and sub‐optimal solutions, the proposed scheme, without real‐time computational complexity exhibits noteworthy improvement in SINR performance at expense of a trivial drop in overall uniformity of horizontal illuminance.