Research on Efficient Handover Mechanism for Cubic Receiver in Visible Light Communication

Visible light communication (VLC) has the advantages of rich spectrum resources, endogenous safety and anti-electromagnetic interference, so the application of VLC to the Industrial Internet of Things is one of its current development directions. Due to the limited coverage of light emitting diodes (LEDs), dense placement is often required in industrial manufacturing scenarios. However, mobile users will face frequent handover between these LEDs, and reliable reception of signals on mobile terminals requires receivers with a large detection area. In this paper, we used a cubic receiver to increase the detection area, which is more conducive to signal reception than a single photo-detector plane receiver. Then we studied the handover scheme for a cubic receiver to ensure the performance of the communication link. We also rotated the receiver to further improve signal quality and obtain the optimal rotation angles using a genetic algorithm with low complexity. The results show that a cubic receiver has a better received signal quality than a plane receiver, and rotation can enhance the signal quality more. In addition, it can be seen that the handover for the cubic receiver depends not only on the distance, but also on its structure, angle and position. Considering these factors jointly when performing a handover, users can connect to LEDs, which provide the best quality of service, and system communication performance can be improved.