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The Determination of Multiplexing-Diversity Transition Mode in the Visual-MIMO System

Visual-MIMO 시스템에서의 다중화-다이버시티 모드 전환 결정

  • Kim, Ji-won (Kookmin University School of Electronics Engineering) ;
  • Kim, Ki-doo (Kookmin University School of Electronics Engineering)
  • Received : 2015.11.23
  • Accepted : 2016.01.15
  • Published : 2016.01.31
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Abstract

Recently, researches about the communication between LED array and the camera (alias 'Visual-MIMO'), have been actively conducted, and the application to the vehicle and a smart phone is expected to be maximized. Since the bit error may occur if the ISI is severe in a LED array, it is necessary to switch from the multiplexing to the diversity mode. In this paper, according to the use or not of a reference array pattern, a method for determining the transition time to the diversity mode is suggested and verified. When using the reference pattern, it determines the transition time to the diversity mode from the multiplexing using the brightness information of the received image. If the reference array pattern is not used, the size of LED array compared to the entire image according to the distance is used and the size of the LED array at the distance of a severe ISI may be used for the determination of transition time to the diversity. Finally, the proposed method is verified through the simulation and hardware experiments as well as by analyzing the performance in accordance with the ISI level and the distance.

최근 LED 어레이와 카메라간의 통신 (일명, 'Visual-MIMO') 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있으며, 차량 및 스마트폰 등으로의 응용이 극대화될 것으로 기대된다. LED 어레이에서 ISI 정도가 심해지면 비트 판정에 오류가 발생하므로 다중화에서 다이버시티로의 전환이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 참조 어레이 패턴의 사용 유무에 따라 각각 다이버시티로의 전환시점을 결정하기 위한 방법을 제시하고 검증한다. 참조 어레이 패턴을 사용할 경우에는 수신 영상의 휘도 정보를 이용하여 다중화에서 다이버시티 모드로의 전환 시점 결정한다. 참조 어레이 패턴을 사용하지 않을 경우에는 거리에 따른 전체 영상 대비 LED 어레이 영상의 크기를 이용한다. ISI가 심해지는 거리에서의 LED 어레이의 크기를 파악하여 다이버시티로의 전환시점 결정에 이용한다. LED간 ISI 정도 및 거리의 변화에 따라 제안한 방법의 성능을 분석하고 시뮬레이션과 하드웨어 실험을 통해 타당성을 검증한다.

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