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Poster: Visible Light Communication in the Dark

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Zhao Tian,

Andrew T. Campbell,

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MobiCom '15: Proceedings of the 21st Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2789168.2795181

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We present a new visible light communication (VLC) primitive: VLC in the dark, where the communication sustains even when the LED light appears dark. We achieve the goal by reducing the duty cycle of the light source to an extremely low level (0.0019%) such that the illuminance is imperceptible to human eyes and yet can still be sensed by photodiodes to decode data. VLC in the dark consumes much lower energy than the conventional VLC links and thus is appealing for enabling VLC uplink or communication among Internet-of-Things devices with tight energy budget. We build a preliminary prototype to demonstrate its feasibility. Our current single link achieves 190.7 bps data rate with 46.8 microwatts power consumption at the LED.

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Liu XGong CLiu BLi SXu Z(2018)Hidden Markov Model Based Signal Characterization for Weak Light CommunicationJournal of Lightwave Technology10.1109/JLT.2018.279284436:9(1730-1738)Online publication date: 1-May-2018
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Cerruela García GLuque Ruiz IGómez-Nieto M(2016)State of the Art, Trends and Future of Bluetooth Low Energy, Near Field Communication and Visible Light Communication in the Development of Smart CitiesSensors10.3390/s1611196816:11(1968)Online publication date: 23-Nov-2016
https://doi.org/10.3390/s16111968

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MobiCom '15: Proceedings of the 21st Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking

September 2015

638 pages

ISBN:9781450336192

DOI:10.1145/2789168

General Chairs:
Serge Fdida
UPMC/LIP6, France
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Giovanni Pau
UPMC/LIP6, France
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Program Chairs:
Sneha Kumar Kasera
University of Utah, USA
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Heather Zheng
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

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Liu XGong CLiu BLi SXu Z(2018)Hidden Markov Model Based Signal Characterization for Weak Light CommunicationJournal of Lightwave Technology10.1109/JLT.2018.279284436:9(1730-1738)Online publication date: 1-May-2018
https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2018.2792844
Cerruela García GLuque Ruiz IGómez-Nieto M(2016)State of the Art, Trends and Future of Bluetooth Low Energy, Near Field Communication and Visible Light Communication in the Development of Smart CitiesSensors10.3390/s1611196816:11(1968)Online publication date: 23-Nov-2016
https://doi.org/10.3390/s16111968

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