Combining illumination dimming based on pulse-width modulation with visible-light communications based on discrete multitone

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-65

  Ntogari, G ^a   Kamalakis, T ^b   Walewski, J W ^c   Sphicopoulos, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dimming; Discrete multitone; Pulse width modulation; Visible light communications; White light emitting diodes

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATIOS; COMMUNICATION LINKS; DATA TRANSMISSION; DIMMING; DISCRETE MULTITONE; DISCRETE MULTITONE MODULATION; LINE RATE; MULTITONE; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; SIGNAL TO INTERFERENCE RATIO; SUBCARRIER FREQUENCIES; VISIBLE LIGHT; WHITE LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES;

BENCHMARKING; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIODES; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 79952900289     PISSN: 19430620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOCN.3.000056     Document Type: Article

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