On the Performance of Intelligent Reconfigurable Surfaces for 6G Indoor Visible Light Communications Systems
Indoor visible light communication (VLC) systems have been extensively studied; however, they present some problems when the main propagation channel component, called Line-of-Sight (LoS), is partially or totally blocked. The effect of this blockage can cause degradation of the received optical sign...
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| author | Milton Román Cañizares Pablo Palacios Játiva Javier Guaña-Moya William Villegas-Ch Cesar Azurdia-Meza |
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| description | Indoor visible light communication (VLC) systems have been extensively studied; however, they present some problems when the main propagation channel component, called Line-of-Sight (LoS), is partially or totally blocked. The effect of this blockage can cause degradation of the received optical signal and decrease the performance of the VLC system. Therefore, in recent years, research has focused on proposing solutions to mitigate this issue. Under this context, in this paper, we propose the use and implementation of intelligent reconfigurable surfaces (IRS) in the VLC indoor system to improve the propagation channel component produced by reflections, called non-line-of-sight (Non-LoS). Furthermore, we have analyzed and established the mathematical expressions of the channel components, including the effect of the IRS on the VLC system. These expressions have been evaluated in a simulated indoor VLC scenario in terms of the channel impulse response (CIR) and the bit error rate (BER). The findings achieved allow us to demonstrate that the use of IRS in the VLC system improves the performance of the system in terms of the parameters evaluated. These results also allow us to highlight the possible use of improvements in the VLC system for inclusion as a 6G enabling technology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-886c74299eee4a1a8d5eaaa40f1cbea92023-11-19T17:47:15ZengMDPI AGPhotonics2304-67322023-10-011010111710.3390/photonics10101117On the Performance of Intelligent Reconfigurable Surfaces for 6G Indoor Visible Light Communications SystemsMilton Román Cañizares0Pablo Palacios Játiva1Javier Guaña-Moya2William Villegas-Ch3Cesar Azurdia-Meza4Communication Engineering Department, Universidad de Málaga, 29010 Málaga, SpainEscuela de Informática y Telecomunicaciones, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago 8370191, ChileFacultad de Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito 17012184, EcuadorEscuela de Ingeniería en Ciberseguridad, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito 170503, EcuadorDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 370451, ChileIndoor visible light communication (VLC) systems have been extensively studied; however, they present some problems when the main propagation channel component, called Line-of-Sight (LoS), is partially or totally blocked. The effect of this blockage can cause degradation of the received optical signal and decrease the performance of the VLC system. Therefore, in recent years, research has focused on proposing solutions to mitigate this issue. Under this context, in this paper, we propose the use and implementation of intelligent reconfigurable surfaces (IRS) in the VLC indoor system to improve the propagation channel component produced by reflections, called non-line-of-sight (Non-LoS). Furthermore, we have analyzed and established the mathematical expressions of the channel components, including the effect of the IRS on the VLC system. These expressions have been evaluated in a simulated indoor VLC scenario in terms of the channel impulse response (CIR) and the bit error rate (BER). The findings achieved allow us to demonstrate that the use of IRS in the VLC system improves the performance of the system in terms of the parameters evaluated. These results also allow us to highlight the possible use of improvements in the VLC system for inclusion as a 6G enabling technology.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/10/10/1117channel modelintelligent reflective surfacesintelligent reconfigurable surfacevisible light communications |
| spellingShingle | Milton Román Cañizares Pablo Palacios Játiva Javier Guaña-Moya William Villegas-Ch Cesar Azurdia-Meza On the Performance of Intelligent Reconfigurable Surfaces for 6G Indoor Visible Light Communications Systems Photonics channel model intelligent reflective surfaces intelligent reconfigurable surface visible light communications |
| title | On the Performance of Intelligent Reconfigurable Surfaces for 6G Indoor Visible Light Communications Systems |
| title_full | On the Performance of Intelligent Reconfigurable Surfaces for 6G Indoor Visible Light Communications Systems |
| title_fullStr | On the Performance of Intelligent Reconfigurable Surfaces for 6G Indoor Visible Light Communications Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the Performance of Intelligent Reconfigurable Surfaces for 6G Indoor Visible Light Communications Systems |
| title_short | On the Performance of Intelligent Reconfigurable Surfaces for 6G Indoor Visible Light Communications Systems |
| title_sort | on the performance of intelligent reconfigurable surfaces for 6g indoor visible light communications systems |
| topic | channel model intelligent reflective surfaces intelligent reconfigurable surface visible light communications |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/10/10/1117 |
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