Improve uniformity for an indoor visible light communication system

Visible light communication (VLC) is an alternative technology to the radio frequency (RF) for different applications in the indoor and outdoor environments, it could be utilized for illumination and communication simultaneously, and it offers several advantages over contemporary RF technologies such as low power consumption, free license, large bandwidth, and being friendly to the environment. In this paper, an indoor VLC system uniformity improvement in terms of high received power, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and bit rate, with RMS delay spread reduction, is proposed. It features a novel model that utilizes a 13-optical attocells configuration on the ceiling. Moreover, proposed model was evaluated at different semi-angle at half power. The average received power and SNR were improved to 2.85 dBm and 75.5 dB, while achieved received power and SNR levels at the center of the room were 4.92 dBm and 79.5 dB, respectively. A minimum average RMS delay spread of 0.4749 nanoseconds is obtained, while the highest average bit rate calculated is 211 Mb/s. The proposed model provides a better communication quality and meets illumination standards requirements.