Performance improvement of ACO-OFDM indoor optical wireless transmissions using partial pre-equalization

Abstract

This paper analyzes the performances and presents the benefits of partial pre-equalization for indoor optical wireless transmissions based on asymmetri cally clipped optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (ACO-OFDM) with intensity modulation and direct detection (IM/DD). In particular, for diffuse indoor optical wireless channels, partial pre equalization can reduce the optical transmit power over post-equalization at the same target bit er ror rate (BER) for point-to-point transmissions even with imperfect channel knowledge. To further im prove its performance, bit loading is considered to minimize the optical transmit power of ACO-OFDM while maintaining a constant target BER. In addi tion, broadcast transmissions to multiple users with possibly different channel qualities are considered, where pre-equalization is not applicable. Finally, we specify an appropriate channel estimate at the transmitter for such broadcast transmissions.