Low-complexity SOCPBFSK-OOK interface between PLC and VLC channels for low data rate transmission applications

Author

Ndjiongue, A.R. ; Ferreira, H.C. ; Ouahada, K. ; Vinckz, A. J. Han

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng. Sci., Univ. of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

fYear

2014

fDate

March 30 2014-April 2 2014

Firstpage

226

Lastpage

231

Abstract

This paper studies and proposes a low cost low complexity interface between power line communications (PLC) and visible light communications (VLC) for low data rate transmission applications. The discussion presents the performance of a spread orthogonal continuous phase binary frequency shift keying (SOCPBFSK) receiver combined with an on-off keying (OOK) modulator to relay low data transmission between PLC and VLC channels. The characteristics of the interface are presented. The results of an experimental test using the proposed interface over the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) bands C and D are presented. The eye diagrams of the combined error are presented as well.

Keywords

amplitude shift keying; carrier transmission on power lines; continuous phase modulation; frequency shift keying; modulators; optical communication; relay networks (telecommunication); spread spectrum communication; CENELEC; European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization; PLC channel; VLC channel; eye diagrams; low data rate transmission applications; low-complexity SOCPBFSK-OOK interface; on-off keying modulator; power line communications; spread orthogonal continuous phase binary frequency shift keying receiver; visible light communications; Bridges; Frequency shift keying; Light emitting diodes; Noise; Receivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC), 2014 18th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Glasgow

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2014.6812351

Filename

6812351