Visible Light Communication, Networking, and Sensing: A Survey, Potential and Challenges

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2047-2077

  Pathak, Parth H ^a   Feng, Xiaotao ^a   Hu, Pengfei ^a   Mohapatra, Prasant ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

LEDs; localization and sensing; mobile communication; mobile computing; screen camera links; smart lighting; solid state lighting; Visible light communication; visible light sensing; wireless networks

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; DATA TRANSFER; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MIMO SYSTEMS; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK LAYERS; SURVEYS; VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

CAMERA LINKS; LOCALIZATION AND SENSING; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; SMART LIGHTINGS; SOLID STATE LIGHTING; VISIBLE LIGHT;

LIGHT;

EID: 84963857616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2015.2476474     Document Type: Review

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