Review of Ultraviolet Non-Line-of-Sight Communication

With rapid advances of solar blind ultraviolet LED and ultraviolet detecting technology in recent years, ultraviolet communication gradually becomes a research hotspot due to its inherent advantages: low solar background noise, non-line-of-sight(NLOS) and good secrecy. The strong scattering characteristics in atmospheric render ultraviolet waveband the ideal choice for achieving NLOS optical communication. This paper reviews the research history and status of ultraviolet communication both in China and abroad, and especially introduces three main issues of ultraviolet communication: channel model, system analysis and design, light sources and detectors. For each aspect, current open issues and prospective research directions are analyzed.

Research on the Performance of Non-Line-of-Sight Ultraviolet Communication in Rain and Fog Environment

Wireless ultraviolet communication is a new type of communication mode. It refers to the transmission of information through the scattering of ultraviolet light by atmospheric particles and aerosol particles. The scattering characteristics can enable the wireless ultraviolet communication system to transmit ultraviolet light signals in a non-line-of-sight manner, which overcomes the weakness that other free space optical communications must work in a line-of-sight manner. Based on the basic theory of scattering and absorption in atmospheric optics, taking the ultraviolet light with a wavelength of 266 nm as an example, this paper introduces the classical model of non-line-of-sight single-scattering coplanarity based on the ellipsoid coordinate system. The model is used to simulate and analyze the relationship between the geometric parameters such as transmission distance, transceiver elevation angle and transceiver half-angle and the received optical power per unit area. The performance of non-line-of-sight ultraviolet communication system in rain and fog environment is discussed respectively. The results show that the transmission quality of non-line-of-sight ultraviolet atmospheric propagation is greatly affected by the communication distance. As the distance increases, the received light power per unit area gradually decreases. In addition, increasing the emission elevation angle, the receiving elevation angle and the receiving half angle is an important way to improve the system performance.

Non-Line-of-Sight Ultraviolet Communication Performance in Atmospheric Turbulence

Non-Line-of-Sight(NLOS)Ultraviolet(UV)communication uses the atmosphere as a propagation medium.As the communication range increases,turbulence becomes a significant atmospheric process that affects the propagation of optical waves.This paper presents a more accurate NLOS channel model by considering turbulence-induced Scintillation Attenuation(SA).Then,the Bit Error Rate(BER)during turbulence of the NLOS UV communication system with On-Off Keying(OOK)modulation and Maximum Likelihood(ML)detection is analysed and compared with that in free space without turbulence.The BER dependence is also analysed for different factors,including the refractive index structure parameter,transceiver range,pointing angles,transmitted power,and data rate.

Ultraviolet communication technique and its application

With recent developments of deep ultraviolet(DUV)light-emitting diodes and solar-blind detectors,UV communication(UVC)shows great potential in replacing traditional wireless communication in more and more scenarios.Based on the atmospheric scattering of UV radiation,UVC has gained considerable attention due to its non-line-of-sight ability,omnidirectional communication links and low background noise.These advantages make UVC an ideal option for covert secure communication,especially for military communication.In this review,we present the history and working principle of UVC with a special focus on its light sources and detectors.Comprehensive comparison and application of its light sources and detectors are provided to the best of our knowledge.We further discuss the future application and outlook of UVC.Hopefully,this review will offer valuable insights into the future development of UVC.

Impacts of Transceiver Configuration on Ultraviolet Communication

In the channel estimation for ultraviolet communication, the single scattering power is usually used to approximate the received total power. This approximation error is affected by the transceiver configuration. Here, we employ the proportion of received single scattering power in received total power to indicate the approximation error of the single scattering model in different configurations. This is useful for reducing the approximation error by selecting a more appropriate transceiver configuration.

The realization of a wide-angle voice transmission non-line-ofsight ultraviolet communication system

A 300 kbps wide-angle non-line-of-sight ultraviolet communication system with voice transmission function is designed here.Based on Poisson distribution theory,we design the symbol detecting method for the receiving discrete photon signals.Using 272 nm LED array as the light source and PMT as the detector,the voice transceiver is integrated into the carriable size of 200×90×65 mm^(3).An outfield test shows the system obtains the BER of 0.88% under 200 m.Under 10°wide-angle deviation of the transmitter,a BER below 1.33% is achieved.

Lens-free wavefront shaping method for a diffuse non-lineof-sight link in visible light communication

In this Letter,we propose and experimentally demonstrate a lens-free wavefront shaping method that utilizes synchronized signal block beam alignment and a genetic algorithm(SSBGA)for a diffuse non-line-of-sight(NLOS)visible light communication(VLC)system.The proposed method effectively controls the position and mobility of visible light beams by partitioning spatial light modulator pixels and manipulating beams to converge at distinct spatial positions,thereby enhancing wavefront shaping efficiency,which achieves a significant 23.9 dB optical power enhancement at+2 mm offset,surpassing the lens-based continuous sequence(CS)scheme by 21.7 dB.At+40°angle,the improvement reaches up to 11.8 dB and 16.8 dB compared to the results with and without lens-based CS,respectively.A maximum rate of 5.16 Gbps is successfully achieved using bit-power loading discrete multi-tone(DMT)modulation and the proposed SSBGA in an NLOS VLC system,which outperforms the lens-based CS by 1.07 Gbps and obtains a power saving of 55.6%during the transmission at4 Gbps.To the best of our knowledge,this is the first time that high-speed communication has been realized in an NLOS VLC system without a lens.

Study on multiple receiver systems in non-line-of-sight ultraviolet communication systems

In this article, multiple receiver effects in a non-line-of-sight （NLOS） ultraviolet （UV） communication system is studied. The idea of using multiple receivers for diversity reception is known as a practical, effective and widely applied technique in wireless communications. The current approach is to use multiple antennas at the receiver in order to improve the quality of the received signal. A method of modeling and simulation is proposed to depict the principle and feasibility of the multiple receiver adopted in UV communication. The study provides an insight to the channel characteristics and achievable capabilities of ultraviolet communication systems with multiple receivers. It provides guidelines for practical system design with discussions on trade off between the receiver gain and the additional cost.

Characterization of Blue-Green Light Non-Line-of-Sight Transmission in Seawater

The blue-green light in the 450 nm to 550 nm band is usually used in underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC). The blue-green light transmission in seawater is scattered by the seawater effect and can achieve communication in non-line-of-sight (NLOS) transmission mode. Compared to line-of-sight (LOS) transmission, NLOS transmission does not require alignment and can be adapted to various underwater environments. The scattering coefficients of seawater at different depths are different, which makes the scattering of light in different depths of seawater different. In this paper, the received optical power and bit error rate (BER) of the photodetector (PD) were calculated when the scattering coefficients of blue-green light in seawater vary from large to small with increasing depth for NLOS transmission. The results show that blue-green light in different depths of seawater in the same way NLOS communication at the same distance, the received optical power and BER at the receiver are different, and the received optical power of green light is greater than that of blue light. Increasing the forward scattering coverage of the laser will suppress the received optical power of the PD, so when performing NLOS communication, appropriate trade-offs should be made between the forward scattering coverage of the laser and the received optical power.

Single scattering turbulence model based on the division of effective scattering volume for ultraviolet communication

In this Let ter,a single scattering turbulence model in a narrow beam case for ultraviolet(UV)communication is proposed based on the division of the effective scattering volume.This model takes the variation of atmospheric scattering,absorption,and turbulence in different paths into account.Meanwhile,the applicable transceiver configurations of this model are provided by analyzing path loss error caused by the single scattering assumption in the UV channel.Furthermore,we investigate the effect of turbulence on the probability density function of the arriving power in both coplanar and non-coplanar scenarios.The averaging effect of multipath propagation on the arriving power's fluctuations is presented.Then,the bit-error-rate performance is also studied.This work provides an efficient way for UV turbulence channel estimation.