Markov-based performance analysis of medium access in visible light communications

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Güneş P., Narmanlioglu O., Erol-Kantarci M., Uysal M.

17th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2015, Budapest, Hungary, 5 - 09 July 2015, vol.2015-August, (Full Text) identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume: 2015-August
  • Doi Number: 10.1109/icton.2015.7193684
  • City: Budapest
  • Country: Hungary
  • Keywords: medium access, optical wireless communication, VISIBLE light communication
  • Istanbul Gelisim University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Visible light communication (VLC) uses the illumination infrastructure to provide high speed wireless connectivity. VLC has recently emerged as a promising alternative/complementary technology to conventional radio-frequency wireless access and has been standardized in IEEE 802.15.7. In this paper, we model the multiple access mechanism of IEEE 802.15.7 standard with a Markov chain and present simulation results for the network performance metrics including throughput, delay, and packet delivery.