High-speed visible light communication systems

Author

Grobe, Liane ; Paraskevopoulos, A. ; Hilt, Jonas ; Schulz, Dirk ; Lassak, Friedrich ; Hartlieb, Florian ; Kottke, Christoph ; Jungnickel, Volker ; Langer, Klaus-Dieter

Volume

51

Issue

12

fYear

2013

fDate

Dec-13

Firstpage

60

Lastpage

66

Abstract

This article presents recent achievements and trends in high-speed indoor visible light communication (VLC) research. We address potential applications and future visions for the VLC technology, where transport of information is “piggybacked” on the original lighting function of LED-based lamps. To mature this technology and transfer it into practice, our recent research is focused on real-time implementation and trials. For the first time, a bidirectional real-time VLC prototype achieving data rates of up to 500 Mb/s is presented. This system paves the way for future real world applications. Finally, we discuss the remaining technical challenges as well as the research outlook in the field of high-speed VLC systems.

Keywords

LED lamps; indoor radio; lighting; optical communication; LED-based lamp; bidirectional real-time VLC prototype; bit rate 500 Mbit/s; indoor VLC; lighting function; visible light communication system; High-speed optical techniques; Light emitting diodes; Lighting; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2013.6685758

Filename

6685758