Configuring indoor visible light communication networks

Visible light communications (VLC) are becoming more and more popular and may provide an alternative means of communications in indoor settings. However, nowadays, there is very little study on the deployment or higher layer protocol design for VLC. In this paper, we perform extensive channel measur...

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Published in2012 1st IEEE International Conference on Communications in China Workshops pp. 54 - 58
Main Authors Jinguo Quan, Yiyang Li, Yan Zhang
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.08.2012
Subjects
Arrays
indoor communication
LED
Light emitting diodes
Lighting
optical wirelss communication
Protocols
Receivers
Signal to noise ratio
Visible light communication
wireless
Wireless communication
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Summary:Visible light communications (VLC) are becoming more and more popular and may provide an alternative means of communications in indoor settings. However, nowadays, there is very little study on the deployment or higher layer protocol design for VLC. In this paper, we perform extensive channel measurements using a physical layer testbed in the visible light band to understand its PHY layer characteristics. Our measurements suggest that in order to increase data rates with VLC (1) the beam width of a communicating link can be shrunk, and (2) the transmission beam can be tuned to point towards the target recipient. These features could be used to design higher layer protocols which brings higher throughput.
ISBN:1467329967
9781467329965
DOI:10.1109/ICCCW.2012.6316474