TY - GEN
T1 - VLC/RF Network Simulator
T2 - 14th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, CSNDSP 2024
AU - Bravo Alvarez, Lisandra
AU - Borquez-Paredes, Danilo
AU - Montejo-Sanchez, Samuel
AU - Rodriguez-Lopez, Lien
AU - Saavedra, Gabriel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 IEEE.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Hybrid systems composed of visible light communication (VLC) and radio frequency (RF) networks have gained great popularity in recent years, due to their great adaptability, flexibility and reliability in different scenarios. To ensure the success and efficiency of a hybrid VLC/RF network, it is essential to have a simulator that allows different aspects to be evaluated and configured. Using a simulator, it is possible to simulate different scenarios and analyze the network response to these changes, identifying potential problems and defining improvement strategies. This work presents a discrete event simulator for hybrid VLC/RF networks in an indoor hybrid environment composed of VLC and RF networks. The simulator can be used to plan VLC/RF networks and evaluate resource allocation strategies. The developed simulator was validated using hybrid network resource allocation strategies published in the literature and, additionally, was used to evaluate network operation parameters including number of users per access point, connection time, slot and frame allocation for connection and delay.
AB - Hybrid systems composed of visible light communication (VLC) and radio frequency (RF) networks have gained great popularity in recent years, due to their great adaptability, flexibility and reliability in different scenarios. To ensure the success and efficiency of a hybrid VLC/RF network, it is essential to have a simulator that allows different aspects to be evaluated and configured. Using a simulator, it is possible to simulate different scenarios and analyze the network response to these changes, identifying potential problems and defining improvement strategies. This work presents a discrete event simulator for hybrid VLC/RF networks in an indoor hybrid environment composed of VLC and RF networks. The simulator can be used to plan VLC/RF networks and evaluate resource allocation strategies. The developed simulator was validated using hybrid network resource allocation strategies published in the literature and, additionally, was used to evaluate network operation parameters including number of users per access point, connection time, slot and frame allocation for connection and delay.
KW - Hybrid Network
KW - Radio-frequency (RF)
KW - Simulator
KW - Visible Light Communication (VLC)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85203712071&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/CSNDSP60683.2024.10636611
DO - 10.1109/CSNDSP60683.2024.10636611
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85203712071
T3 - 2024 14th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, CSNDSP 2024
SP - 153
EP - 158
BT - 2024 14th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, CSNDSP 2024
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 17 July 2024 through 19 July 2024
ER -