Indoor hospital communication systems: An integrated solution based on power line and visible light communication

Author

Jian Song ; Wenbo Ding ; Fang Yang ; Hui Yang ; Jintao Wang ; Xiaofei Wang ; Xun Zhang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2014

fDate

4-6 May 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Modern hospitals are beginning to adopt E-HEALTH as efficient complements to the traditional healthcare services. To support the E-HEALTH services, a locatable, radiation-free and high-capacity communication system is urgently needed in hospitals. Power line communication (PLC) system can use the ubiquitous power line network to power the light-emitting diode (LED) lights while serving as the backbone network for the indoor visible light communication (VLC) systems naturally. In this paper, an integrated broadband power line and visible light communication systems with OFDM modulation is proposed for the indoor hospital applications. This gives a brand-new solution to replace the conventional wireless communication systems in hospitals.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; biomedical communication; carrier transmission on power lines; health care; hospitals; indoor communication; light emitting diodes; optical fibre communication; LED lights; OFDM modulation; backbone network; e-health services; high-capacity communication system; indoor hospital communication system; indoor visibIe light communication system; light-emitting diode lights; power line communication; radiation-free communication system; ubiquitous power line network; Couplers; OFDM; Optical coupling; Optical modulation; Stimulated emission; Wireless communication; broadband integrated system; e-health; indoor hospital applications; power line communication; visible light communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Faible Tension Faible Consommation (FTFC), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Monaco

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FTFC.2014.6828620

Filename

6828620