Comparison of Monte Carlo ray-tracing and photon-tracing methods for calculation of the impulse response on indoor wireless optical channels

doi:10.1364/OE.19.001997

Comparison of Monte Carlo ray-tracing and photon-tracing methods for calculation of the impulse response on indoor wireless optical channels

Oswaldo González, Silvestre Rodríguez, Rafael Pérez-Jiménez, Beatriz R. Mendoza, and Alejandro Ayala »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 3, pp. 1997-2005 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.001997

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Abstract

We present a comparison between the modified Monte Carlo algorithm (MMCA) and a recently proposed ray-tracing algorithm named as photon-tracing algorithm. Both methods are compared exhaustively according to error analysis and computational costs. We show that the new photon-tracing method offers a solution with a slightly greater error but requiring from considerable less computing time. Moreover, from a practical point of view, the solutions obtained with both algorithms are approximately equivalent, demonstrating the goodness of the new photon-tracing method.

OCIS Codes
(060.4510) Fiber optics and optical communications : Optical communications
(060.2605) Fiber optics and optical communications : Free-space optical communication

ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: October 29, 2010
Revised Manuscript: December 14, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: December 16, 2010
Published: January 19, 2011

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Oswaldo González, Silvestre Rodríguez, Rafael Pérez-Jiménez, Beatriz R. Mendoza, and Alejandro Ayala, "Comparison of Monte Carlo ray-tracing and photon-tracing methods for calculation of the impulse response on indoor wireless optical channels," Opt. Express 19, 1997-2005 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-3-1997

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References

J. M. Kahn, and J. R. Barry, "Wireless infrared communications," Proc. IEEE 85, 265-298 (1997). [CrossRef]
J. R. Barry, J. M. Kahn, W. J. Krause, E. A. Lee, and D. G. Messerschmitt, "Simulation of multipath impulse response for indoor wireless optical channels," IEEE J. Sel. Areas Comm. 11(3), 367-379 (1993). [CrossRef]
F. J. López-Hernández, R. Pérez-Jiménez, and A. Santamaría, "Modified Monte Carlo scheme for high-efficiency simulation of the impulse response on diffuse IR wireless indoor channels," Electron. Lett. 34(19), 1819-1820 (1998). [CrossRef]
F. J. López-Hernández, R. Pérez-Jiménez, and A. Santamaría, "Ray-tracing algorithms for fast calculation of the channel impulse response on diffuse IR wireless indoor channels," Opt. Eng. 39(10), 2775-2780 (2000). [CrossRef]
C. R. Lomba, R. T. Valadas, and A. M. de Oliveira Duarate, "Experimental characterisation and modelling of the reflection of infrared signals on indoor surfaces," IEE Proc., Optoelectron. 145, 191-197 (1998). [CrossRef]
S. Rodríguez, R. Pérez-Jiménez, F. J. López-Hernández, O. González, and A. Ayala, "Reflection model for calculation of the impulse response on IR-wireless indoor channels using ray-tracing algorithm," Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett. 32(4), 296-300 (2002). [CrossRef]
O. González, S. Rodríguez, R. Pérez-Jiménez, B. R. Mendoza, and A. Ayala, "Error analysis of the simulated impulse response on indoor wireless optical channels using a Monte Carlo-based ray-tracing algorithm," IEEE Trans. Commun. 53(1), 124-130 (2005). [CrossRef]
M. Zhang, Y. Zhang, X. Yuan, and J. Zhang, "Mathematic models for a ray tracing method and its applications in wireless optical communications," Opt. Express 18(17), 18431-18437 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Ayala, A.
Barry, J. R.
de Oliveira Duarate, A. M.
González, O.
Kahn, J. M.
Krause, W. J.
Lee, E. A.
Lomba, C. R.
López-Hernández, F. J.
Mendoza, B. R.
Messerschmitt, D. G.
Pérez-Jiménez, R.
Rodríguez, S.
Santamaría, A.
Valadas, R. T.
Yuan, X.
Zhang, J.
Zhang, M.
Zhang, Y.

Electron. Lett.

F. J. López-Hernández, R. Pérez-Jiménez, and A. Santamaría, "Modified Monte Carlo scheme for high-efficiency simulation of the impulse response on diffuse IR wireless indoor channels," Electron. Lett. 34(19), 1819-1820 (1998). [CrossRef]

IEE Proc., Optoelectron.

C. R. Lomba, R. T. Valadas, and A. M. de Oliveira Duarate, "Experimental characterisation and modelling of the reflection of infrared signals on indoor surfaces," IEE Proc., Optoelectron. 145, 191-197 (1998). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Sel. Areas Comm.

J. R. Barry, J. M. Kahn, W. J. Krause, E. A. Lee, and D. G. Messerschmitt, "Simulation of multipath impulse response for indoor wireless optical channels," IEEE J. Sel. Areas Comm. 11(3), 367-379 (1993). [CrossRef]

IEEE Trans. Commun.

O. González, S. Rodríguez, R. Pérez-Jiménez, B. R. Mendoza, and A. Ayala, "Error analysis of the simulated impulse response on indoor wireless optical channels using a Monte Carlo-based ray-tracing algorithm," IEEE Trans. Commun. 53(1), 124-130 (2005). [CrossRef]

Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett.

S. Rodríguez, R. Pérez-Jiménez, F. J. López-Hernández, O. González, and A. Ayala, "Reflection model for calculation of the impulse response on IR-wireless indoor channels using ray-tracing algorithm," Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett. 32(4), 296-300 (2002). [CrossRef]

Opt. Eng.

F. J. López-Hernández, R. Pérez-Jiménez, and A. Santamaría, "Ray-tracing algorithms for fast calculation of the channel impulse response on diffuse IR wireless indoor channels," Opt. Eng. 39(10), 2775-2780 (2000). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

M. Zhang, Y. Zhang, X. Yuan, and J. Zhang, "Mathematic models for a ray tracing method and its applications in wireless optical communications," Opt. Express 18(17), 18431-18437 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Proc. IEEE

J. M. Kahn, and J. R. Barry, "Wireless infrared communications," Proc. IEEE 85, 265-298 (1997). [CrossRef]

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