Simulation analysis of hybrid fiber and radio over VLC system at various propagation distance and data rate

One of the most important applications of microwave photonics is hybrid fiber and visible light communication systems, which combines the advantages of optical communication and wireless optical communication. In this paper, a hybrid optical fiber and VLC system has been designed and simulated using Optisystem Software by applying a CW Laser at wavelength 1550 nm for optical fiber communication and 450 nm for VLC system. The 8 Gbps of data was transmitted over 40 km of the fiber length and 3 m of VLC link with a Millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency at 40 GHz. The proposed design system is analyzed based on the effect when varies the propagation distance for both fiber and VLC. The results show that as the number of fiber lengths increases, the BER performance is decreased. It is also shown that the proposed hybrid design system is working well even at a very high data rate of 8 Gbps.