Reading lamp-based visible light communication system for in-flight entertainment

Author

Quintana, Crisanto ; Guerra, Vasco ; Rufo, J. ; Rabadan, J. ; Perez-Jimenez, R.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Technol. Dev. & Innovation in Commun. (IDeTIC), Spain

Volume

59

Issue

1

fYear

2013

fDate

Feb-13

Firstpage

31

Lastpage

37

Abstract

This paper explores the use of a reading lamp as an access point for a Visible Light Communications (VLC) downlink channel. We have established an infrared uplink channel based on a network adapter, supporting both a VLC receiver and an infrared emitter. The optical signal power distribution over the passenger area has been also studied using a Monte Carlo Ray-Tracing algorithm. The hardware implementation and testing results are also presented.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; optical communication; ray tracing; telecommunication channels; Monte Carlo ray-tracing algorithm; VLC receiver; hardware implementation; in-flight entertainment; infrared emitter; infrared uplink channel; lamp-based visible light communication system reading; network adapter; optical signal power distribution; reading lamp; testing results; Aircraft; Downlink; Entertainment industry; Light emitting diodes; Lighting; Receivers; Uplink; In-flightcommunications; Visible Light Communications;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCE.2013.6490238

Filename

6490238