Simulation of multipath impulse response for indoor wireless optical channels

Author

Barry, John R. ; Kahn, Joseph M. ; Krause, William J. ; Lee, Edward A. ; Messerschmitt, David G.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

11

Issue

3

fYear

1993

fDate

4/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

367

Lastpage

379

Abstract

A recursive method for evaluating the impulse response of an indoor free-space optical channel with Lambertian reflectors is presented. The method, which accounts for multiple reflections of any order, enables accurate analysis of the effects of multipath dispersion on high-speed indoor optical communication systems. A simple algorithm for computer implementation of the technique and computer simulation results for both line-of-sight and diffuse transmitter configurations are also presented. In both cases, it is shown that reflections of multiple order are a significant source of intersymbol interference. Experimental measurements of optical multipath, which help verify the accuracy of the simulations, are discussed

Keywords

intersymbol interference; optical communication; telecommunication channels; telecommunications computing; Lambertian reflectors; computer simulation; diffuse transmitter configurations; free-space optical channel; impulse response; indoor wireless optical channels; intersymbol interference; line-of-sight configurations; multipath dispersion; optical communication; recursive method; Application software; Computational modeling; Computer vision; Dispersion; High speed optical techniques; Intersymbol interference; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical reflection; Optical transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.219552

Filename

219552