Title
Beam Blockage In Optical Wireless Systems
Abstract
In this paper, we use the percentage blockage as a metric when an opaque disc obstructs the Line-of-Sight link from the access point to the receiver in an optical wireless indoor communication system. The effect of the different parameters of the obstructing object are studied, these are the radius, the height, and the horizontal distance from the receiver in the positive y direction. The percentage of blocked room locations to the total number of room locations when varying the disc parameters is studied assuming a single serving link. It was found that depending on the dimensions of the obstructing object and the distance from the receiver in addition to which access point is serving the user, that blockage can vary between 0% up to 100%. Furthermore, the service received by a user, in terms of beam blockage depends on the access point they are connected to. The resulting fairness challenges will be addressed in resource allocation optimization in future work.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1109/ICTON51198.2020.9203331
2020 22ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRANSPARENT OPTICAL NETWORKS (ICTON 2020)
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
optical wireless, resilience, percentage blockage
Conference
2162-7339
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
6