TITLE OF RESEARCH

Characterization and Optimization of Device-to-Device (D2D) and Local Area Network (LAN)
CommunicationUtilizing Visible Light Communication (VLC) Technologyfor Indoor
Environment

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF PROPOSAL

The use of visible light (VL) energy in wireless communication has become an alternative to
radio frequency (RF) energy. Apart from the advantages of using VL energy in transmitting
information data in enclosed areas, the VL energy can also be used to illuminate the area.
The ability of VL energy to only penetrate transparent material can ensure the safety of the
wireless communication system from being hacked by hackers who stay outside the
communication room. Most of the relevant previous research was concentrated on increasing
the SNR, optical power, and data rate, however, less attention on the influence of channel
model and its limitation on the communication link parameters, in which arise the multipath
fading, and co-tier interference and channel impulse response (CIR). In addition to the effects
of shadowing and mobility. The objectives of this research are to investigate the reliability of
VLC system based on Device to Device (D2D) and Local Area Network (LAN) topology in the
typical room model, to analyze LEDs distribution in indoor VLC systems, and design a
receiver filter to mitigate the multipath fading impact and shadowing effects. As the human
body is supposed as an obstruction object, in addition to the natural light or sunlight in the
room, where different window positions are considered to study its influence on the received
of the optical signal. Therefore a new configuration of LEDs distribution and arrangement in
optical attocell using direct detection method will be developed with optimized Field of View
(FOV) in the receiver, which reduces the multipath fading, interference in D2D and LAN, and
shadowing effect. At the end of this research, the interference in LAN and D2D
communications topology is expected to reduce multipath fading and shadowing.
Furthermore, the optical received power, coverage area, channel capacity, and SNR are
expected to improve.

DETAILED PROPOSAL OF RESEARCH PROJECT:

(a) Research background including Hypothesis / Research Question and Literature
Reviews
Nowadays, the exchange of information in a closed environment for some communication
equipment is a hot topic among researchers of wireless communication systems involving
academics and industry staff. It is said that the use of wireless communications in enclosed
areas has covered 70% of wireless communications worldwide. To meet this demand, the use
of RF energy as the source of wireless communication is said has increased higher and
almost no longer able to meet the demand for the use of this communication system in daily
use. This problem has created a wide opportunity to VL energy based wireless
communication technology that is said to contain a wider bandwidth in addition to the use of
spectrum that does not require any licensing. This technology known as visible light
communication (VLC) system is able to send and receive information signals between several
devices in D2D network in indoor environment quite effectively, besides can also be used in
LAN. However, these D2D and LAN communication technologies that use VLC technique face
some constraints that can affect the effectiveness of the communication system with the
reduction of communication signal strength on the receiving system. The main problems in
D2D and LAN communication system using VLC technique are the uniform distribution of the
light energy strength as communication signal, obstruction of light rays and the effect of light
rays that can weaken the effectiveness of the communication system in terms of power
reception, SNR and BER.Communications that use VL energy as source of communication in
 wireless communication network in indoor environment is able to achieve high communication
accuracy depending on the position between the VL transmitter and receiver equipment. In
the right position, communication system made using VLC technique that involves the
communication network of D2D and LAN, in addition to being able to send communication
data effectively can also illuminances the enclose area. This will reduce the operating cost of
the communication system in term of the use of EM wave communication equipment such as
antenna, signal generator and receiver system.

(b) Objective(s) of the Research:

This study embarks on the following objectives:1) To investigate diffused
links condition to mitigate multipath effect and how to maximizes the
transmission rate in VLC system.2) To investigate on shadowing effect
caused by the objects and human movement between the transmitter and
receiver in the VLC system.3) To assess signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and
acceptable bit error rate (BER) of the VLC system.4) To make
recommendation based on SNR and BER measurement to improve the
signal strength at the receiver system of the VLC.

(c) Expected Result / Benefit1) Novel theories/New findings/Knowledge

The proposed new setup of optical attocells configuration model is expected to improve
the system performance in terms of received power, SNR, data rate as well as BER.
This improved system will be cost efficient for D2D and LAN using VLC application2)
Research Publications 1. One (1) Scopus Indexed Journal 2. One (1) WoS Indexed
Journal