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A Study on the BER Performance Improvement Method Using Hybrid Transmission Techniques in Visible Light Communication System

가시광통신 시스템에서 하이브리드 전송기법을 이용한 BER 성능향상 기법에 대한 연구

  • Kyu-Jin Lee (Department of Electronic Engineering, Semyung University)
  • 이규진 (세명대학교 전자공학과)
  • Received : 2024.01.10
  • Accepted : 2024.02.20
  • Published : 2024.02.28
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Abstract

Visible light communication, which transmits information using visible light, has advantages such as ultra-high speed, ultra-delay, and ultra-connectivity, so research is being conducted as a way to complement 6G communication. In this paper, a study was conducted to overcome the performance degradation caused by the RGB mixing ratio in visible light communication. In a visible light communication system using LED lighting, the role of lighting is an important function, and when used for communication, the performance difference according to the RGB mixing ratio inevitably occurs. In particular, if the intensity of light is below a certain standard, the problem of deteriorating the performance of the entire system occurs. In this study, when a certain performance or less occurs in the communication system caused by the difference in the mixing ratio among the three RGB channels, the remaining two signals except the LED with the best performance are transmitted to STBC (Space-Time Block Coding) to ensure the quality of communication. A computer simulation was performed to verify the performance of the proposed system, and it can be seen that the performance of the proposed system is improved compared to the existing system.

가시광을 이용하여 정보를 전송하는 가시광통신은 초고속, 초지연, 초연결등의 장점이 있어 6G 통신을 보완하기 위한 하나의 방안으로 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 가시광통신에서 RGB 혼합비율에 의하여 발생하는 성능 열화를 극복하기 위한 연구를 진행하였다. LED 조명을 이용한 가시광통신 시스템은 조명의 역할이 중요한 기능으로 통신을 위해 사용할 경우 RGB 혼합 비율에 따른 성능 차이는 필연적으로 발생한다. 특히, 일정 기준 이하의 빛의 강도를 갖는 경우 시스템 전체의 성능을 열화시키는 문제가 발생한다. 이 연구에서는 RGB 3개의 채널 중 혼합 비율의 차이로 발생하는 통신 시스템에서 일정 성능 이하가 발생할 때, 최고의 성능을 보이는 LED를 제외하고 나머지 2개의 신호를 STBC(Space-Time Block Coding)으로 전송하여 통신의 품질을 보장하는 하이브리드 시스템에 대해서 연구를 진행하였다. 제안 시스템의 성능을 검증하기 위하여 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 수행하였고, 제안 시스템의 성능이 기존 시스템과 비교하여 향상된 것을 볼 수 있다.

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Acknowledgement

This paper was supported by the Semyung University Research Grant of 2023.

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