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Enabling Body-Centric Computing Applications with LED-to-Camera Communication

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Daniele Puccinelli,

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BodySys '22: Proceedings of the 2022 Workshop on Body-centric Computing Systems

Pages 7 - 12

https://doi.org/10.1145/3539489.3539588

Published: 27 June 2022 Publication History

Abstract

Advances in Visible Light Communication are enabling novel Internet of Things applications. Going forward, we expect that LED-to-Camera links will enable a wide range of body-centric computing applications. Up until now, most LED-to-Camera studies have been following a deploy-and-test approach instead of a principled methodology. This ad-hoc design raises up two problems. First, we cannot compare fairly the various methods proposed in the literature because they use different types of LEDs and cameras. Second, and perhaps more importantly, we cannot identify the fundamental opportunities and limits of these novel links. To overcome these challenges, we propose a simple analytical model that estimates the range and data rate of LED-to-camera links prior to deployment. The model is built from first principles and requires only a limited set of parameters. To validate the accuracy of our model, we consider the two main transmission modes used in the literature: binary transmission and communication based on the rolling shutter effect. Our experimental evaluation confirms the predictions of the analytical model.

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Shah MShah DMedaranga PVarshney AGanesan DLane NShi W(2024)Li-FiAR: Networking Augmented-Reality Devices through Visible LightProceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking10.1145/3636534.3695899(2230-2232)Online publication date: 4-Dec-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3636534.3695899
Dalgic OSingh JFarnham TPuccinelli D(2023)Augmenting a Smartphone Camera with a Telephoto Lens for Enhanced LED-to-Camera Communication2023 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)10.1109/WCNC55385.2023.10119077(1-6)Online publication date: Mar-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/WCNC55385.2023.10119077

Index Terms

Enabling Body-Centric Computing Applications with LED-to-Camera Communication
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Modeling and simulation
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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BodySys '22: Proceedings of the 2022 Workshop on Body-centric Computing Systems

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DOI:10.1145/3539489

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Shah MShah DMedaranga PVarshney AGanesan DLane NShi W(2024)Li-FiAR: Networking Augmented-Reality Devices through Visible LightProceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking10.1145/3636534.3695899(2230-2232)Online publication date: 4-Dec-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3636534.3695899
Dalgic OSingh JFarnham TPuccinelli D(2023)Augmenting a Smartphone Camera with a Telephoto Lens for Enhanced LED-to-Camera Communication2023 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)10.1109/WCNC55385.2023.10119077(1-6)Online publication date: Mar-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/WCNC55385.2023.10119077

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