@inproceedings{17fbf0c63c434e34a4649aa777581f98,
title = "Performance Analysis of Integrated Power-Line/Visible-Light Communication Systems with AF Relaying",
abstract = "Reliable data transmissions and offering better mobility to the end user can be achieved by integrating different communication systems. In this paper, we investigate the performance of a cascaded indoor power line communication (PLC)/visible light communication (VLC) system with the presence of an amplify-and- forward (AF) relay. Using the pre-installed infrastructure of electricity wiring networks gives the advantage to use PLC as a backbone for VLCs. The performance of the proposed hybrid system is discussed in terms of the average capacity. A mathematical method is developed for this network to formulate the capacity by exploiting the statistical properties of both the PLC and VLC channels. The derived analytical expressions are validated by Monte Carlo simulations. The results showed that there is a considerable improvement in the performance of the hybrid system as the relay gain increases whereas it deteriorates with increasing the end-to-end distance. A comparison between the performance of a parallel hybrid/PLC and hybrid systems is also provided. It is found that the hybrid/PLC system outperforms the hybrid one. However, the user mobility offered by the latter system remains the main advantage over the former approach.",
keywords = "Amplify-and-forward, optical wireless communications, power-line communications, signal-to-noise ratio, visiblelight communications",
author = "Waled Gheth and Rabie, {Khaled M.} and Bamidele Adebisi and Muhammad Ijaz and Georgina Harris",
note = "Funding Information: VI. ACKNOWLEDGMENT This research has been jointly funded by OSL Rail Ltd, and the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 IEEE.; 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2018 ; Conference date: 09-12-2018 Through 13-12-2018",
year = "2019",
month = feb,
day = "21",
doi = "10.1109/GLOCOM.2018.8647270",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781538647288",
series = "Proceedings - IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)",
address = "United States",
}