Retro-VLC: Enabling battery-free duplex visible light communication for mobile and iot applications

HotMobile 2015 - 16th International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 21-26

  Li, Jiangtao ^a   Liu, Angli ^b   Shen, Guobin ^a   Li, Liqun ^a   Sun, Chao ^a   Zhao, Feng ^a  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi directional VLC; Internet of Things; Retro reflector; Smart Tag; Visible Light Communication

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; INTERNET OF THINGS; LIGHT; MOBILE COMPUTING; REFLECTION;

BI-DIRECTIONAL; BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT); LOW-POWER OPTIMIZATIONS; RETRO REFLECTOR; SMART TAG; VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS (VLC);

VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84942422328     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2699343.2699354     Document Type: Conference Paper

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