The DarkLight rises: Visible Light Communication in the dark

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MOBICOM

Volumn 0, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 2-15

  Tian, Zhao ^a   Wright, Kevin ^b   Zhou, Xia ^a  

^a Department of Computer Science ^*  (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Random access control; Visible light communication

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIGHT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MOBILE DEVICES; RADIO COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

APPLICATION SCENARIO; CIRCUIT DESIGNS; ENERGY OVERHEADS; INDOOR LIGHTINGS; ULTRA-SHORT LIGHT PULSE; VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS (VLC); VISUAL EXPERIENCES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY;

VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84993228916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2973750.2973772     Document Type: Conference Paper

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