Optimal design of dual-hop VLC/RF communication system with energy harvesting

IEEE Communications Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1979-1982

  Rakia, Tamer ^a   Yang, Hong Chuan ^a   Gebali, Fayez ^a   Alouini, Mohamed Slim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

energy harvesting; Hybrid VLC RF systems; optimal design.

Indexed keywords

ENERGY HARVESTING; HYBRID SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS;

DATA RATES; DIRECT CURRENT; MOBILE TERMINAL; OPTICAL SIGNALS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; RF LINKS; VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS (VLC);

VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84992184139     PISSN: 10897798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2016.2595561     Document Type: Article

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