Performance of DCO-OFDM in Optical Wireless Communication System

OFDM scheme is widely adopted as it has high data rate and good performance under various channel conditions. In this paper, a number of unipolar optical OFDM scheme has been used for IM/DD system using simulink. To develop such a complex system, this paper proposes MATLAB as the platform for its implementation. The modeling of block diagram is done using Fast Fourier Transform and Hermitian symmetry. The concept of Optical OFDM uses LED at the transmitter and Photodiode at the receiver to demonstrate the optical characteristics of the system. The model has been implemented using different modulation techniques and under various channels. The paper suggests that using QPSK modulation in white Gaussian noise with 5dB SNR gives best result in terms of BER. Similarly, DBPSK modulation technique performs better with the increase in fading frequency. Thus, the complete model description suggests novelty in the modulation schemes that can be accepted for channels applicable in optical OFDM communication.