Abstract
This paper presents the development of a Visible Light Communications (VLC) system for a local area network (LAN). The link is analyzed for all development stages and compared with a typical Ethernet system. The VLC system uses a Philips Luxeon Rebel as the transmitter and a Centronic OSD15-5T as the receiver coupled with a blue filter to achieve the required 10 Mb/s bit rates. The distance in which the optical link was measured was up to 1 m, and the link was successful (BER 10-6) for distances up to 0.7 m. To achieve higher distances and therefore to make the system practical in the home or office environment, the number of LEDs used can be scaled.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2012 Computing, Communications and Applications Conference, ComComAp 2012 |
Pages | 351-355 |
Number of pages | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 7 May 2012 |
Event | 2012 Computing, Communications and Applications Conference, ComComAp 2012 - Hong Kong, United Kingdom Duration: 11 Jan 2012 → 13 Jan 2012 |
Conference
Conference | 2012 Computing, Communications and Applications Conference, ComComAp 2012 |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Hong Kong |
Period | 11/01/12 → 13/01/12 |
Keywords
- Computer Networks
- Ethernet Networks
- Optical Link
- Visible Light Communications