As the transmitter in visible light communications (VLC) system, when the electrical current signal exceeds the input range of light emitting diode (LED), it will cause a nonlinear distortion. Since the electrical current is proportional to the optical power, the nonlinear distortion of electrical current signal is equivalent to the nonlinear distortion of optical power signal. This paper studies the impacts of optical power signal nonlinear distortion on signal distribution and capacity. Firstly, we derive the maximum entropy distribution of the optical power signal and obtain the corresponding capacity lower bound using the entropy power inequality (EPI). Then the nonlinear distortion is modelled as the signal clipping noise, and we analyze the impacts of upper-clipping and lower-clipping on system performance. Numerical results show that a certain degree of signal clipping is acceptable at low optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR). However, the clipping should be minimum at high OSNR.


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    Title :

    Nonlinear Distortion of Optical Power Signal in Visible Light Communications


    Contributors:
    Wang, Xiaoqian (author) / Xia, Liang (author) / Yuan, Yifei (author) / Liu, Guangyi (author) / Wang, Qixing (author) / Wang, Jiangzhou (author)


    Publication date :

    2022-06-01


    Size :

    303349 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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