Modeling Ultraviolet Wireless Networks in Realistic Environments

Abstract

With high atmospheric scattering and reduced solar noise, the ultraviolet-C (UV-C) band has been investigated as a short-range, secure, non-line-of-sight optical communication system. We created software that allows the user to input a set of UV-C transceiver locations, physical obstructions, and network parameters to generate a UV-C network. After network generation, the user can create matrices that contain information about the optimal steering angles, bit error rate, and maximum data rate for every communication link in the network. The matrices are generated according to single scattering UV-C communication models and assuming an on-off-keying modulation scheme. Additionally, a 4D array is generated containing information about the interference of two pairs of transceivers. This simulation data can be used to model the performance of an arbitrary UV-C network. In the future, the flexible code structure allows more features to be added to the simulation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2023
Accession Number
AD1216426

Entities

People

  • Fikadu T. Dagefu
  • Hakan Arslan
  • Han-Bae Kong
  • John Reko
  • Terrence J. Moore

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Scattering
  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Networks
  • Communication Systems
  • Computational Science
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Detection
  • Lepidoptera
  • Mie Scattering
  • Military Research
  • Rayleigh Scattering
  • Transmitters
  • Two Dimensional
  • Ultraviolet Communications
  • User Interface
  • Wireless Communications
  • Wireless Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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