Demonstration of a multi-hop underwater visible light communication system

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  • Zahir Ahmad
  • Sujan Rajbhandari
    Coventry University
  • Omar Salih
  • Roger Green
This paper demonstrates a multi-hop underwater visible light communication (VLC) system using light emitting diodes (LEDs). It is demonstrated that using a multi-hop technique, the overall underwater VLC distance can be increased significantly without adding significant complexity to the physical layer. The performance of the multi-hop system is compared to a single-hop technique utilizing three types of water in the laboratory environment, namely sea, canal, and tap water. The obtained results validate that a multi-hop technique can be a viable solution to overcome the problem of limited underwater communication range.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 19th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)
Place of PublicationUnited States
PublisherIEEE
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Sept 2017
Externally publishedYes
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