Pixelated VLC-Backscattering for Self-Charging Indoor IoT Devices

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 177-180

  Shao, Sihua ^a   Khreishah, Abdallah ^a   Elgala, Hany ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscatter; Internet of things; optical communication; optical reflection; optical signal processing; optical transmitter; visible light

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE SHIFT KEYING; BACKSCATTERING; CHANNEL CAPACITY; INTERNET OF THINGS; LIGHT; MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CAPACITY LIMITATION; COMMUNICATION DISTANCE; MODULATION SCHEMES; OPTICAL REFLECTION; PULSED MODULATION; THROUGHPUT ENHANCEMENT; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS (VLC);

VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION;

EID: 85015202638     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2016.2631946     Document Type: Article

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