Impact of LED transmitters' radiation pattern on received power distribution in a generalized indoor VLC system

This paper analyzes the received power distribution of a generalized indoor visible light communication (VLC) system. The generalization includes: both ceiling-mounted and wall-mounted layouts are considered on the transmitting end to cover some special scenarios; a generally applicable sum-of-sine luminous intensity pattern (SSLIP) is used to fit light emitting diodes (LEDs)' radiation curve; the receiver is considered to have a large light receiving area (LRA) with non-uniformly distributed received power. Through mathematical calculation, the expression of received power at any point of the room is derived. Using the expression, the impact of transmitting LEDs' radiation pattern on received power performance is investigated. It is suggested that in the ceiling-mounted scenario, the LED transmitters with sharp luminous intensity patterns have bigger received power variations and shorter optimal receiving distances. In the wall-mounted case in contrast, sharp luminous intensity patterns lead to smaller received power variations and longer optimal receiving distances.