Indoor visible light communications, networking, and applications

Jie Lian, Zafer Vatansever, Mohammad Noshad, Maïté Brandt-Pearce
2019 Journal of Physics: Photonics  
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are changing indoor wireless communications. Visible light communications (VLC) that use LEDs as transmitters is an emerging research area and has significant commercial potential. The light emitted from LEDs can simultaneously carry information and provide illumination. Due to the intrinsic characteristics of light, VLC is more secure, more power efficient, and can provide higher network data transmission rates than radio frequency communications. This paper
more » ... es state-of-the-art VLC systems including transmitters, receivers, and channel models. Modulation and networking algorithms for physical layer and cross-layer designs are discussed. These algorithms are designed considering practical constraints, such as the bandlimited channel, illumination requirements, and transmitted power limitations. Indoor localization algorithms are proposed, with a particular focus on fingerprinting. In addition, this paper introduces practical applications of VLC in many fields such as national defense, healthcare, robotics, and vehicle-tovehicle communications. The paper concludes with a discussion of the challenges, opportunities, and future of VLC. Nomenclature ACO-OFDM asymmetrically clipped optical OFDM APD avalanche photodiode BER bit error rate CDMA code division multiple access CEO-OFDM clipping-enhanced optical OFDM DCO-OFDM DC-biased optical OFDM HCM Hadamard coded modulation IoT internet of things JOW joint optimal waveform LED light-emitting diodes LOS line-of-sight MAI multiple access interference MIMO multiple input multiple output NLOS non-line-of-sight OCDMA optical code division multiple access OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OOC optical orthogonal code OPEN ACCESS RECEIVED
doi:10.1088/2515-7647/aaf74a fatcat:cepmpc6rhfhjzdthikamvlsicq