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Demo: OpenVLC1.0 Platform for Research in Visible Light Communication Networks

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Qing Wang,

Shengrong Yin,

Omprakash Gnawali, and

Domenico GiustinianoAuthors Info & Claims

MobiCom '15: Proceedings of the 21st Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking

September 2015

Pages 179 - 181

https://doi.org/10.1145/2789168.2789173

Published: 07 September 2015 Publication History

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Built around a cost-effective embedded Linux platform, OpenVLC is an open source project (www.openvlc.org) for research in Visible Light Communication (VLC) Networks. In this work, we introduce and demonstrate the OpenVLC1.0 platform, a flexible, software-defined, and low-cost research platform. OpenVLC1.0 consists of a simple electronic design, and a new driver of the Linux operating system that implements the MAC, part of the PHY layers and it offers an interface to Internet protocols. The electronics of OpenVLC implement a flexible optical front-end consisting of commodity low- and high-power Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), photodiodes (PDs), and ancillary electronic circuitry. In order to quickly start playing with VLC Networks, we have designed and developed a printed circuit board (OpenVLC1.0 cape). The cape can be plugged into the main embedded Beaglebone board. Researchers can then swiftly build PHY and MAC protocols using the software implementation (OpenVLC1.0 driver), and prototype innovative solutions in realistic network setups. In this demo, we show that OpenVLC1.0 can switch between different MAC protocols, it can choose different optical channel for data transmission and reception, and it can be employed jointly with standard TCP/IP diagnostic tools.

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Demo: OpenVLC1.0 Platform for Research in Visible Light Communication Networks
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MobiCom '15: Proceedings of the 21st Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking

September 2015

638 pages

ISBN:9781450336192

DOI:10.1145/2789168

General Chairs:
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University of Utah, USA
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University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

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Gnawali SGiustiniano DKoutsonikolas DBanchs AMingozzi EChowdhury K(2018)Purple VLC: Accelerating Visible Light Communication in Room-Area through PRU OffloadingProceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks10.5555/3234847.3234857(67-78)Online publication date: 16-Feb-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3234847.3234857
Heydariaan MYin SGnawali OPuccinelli DGiustiniano DRömer KLangendoen KVoigt T(2016)Embedded Visible Light Communication: Link Measurements and InterpretationProceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks10.5555/2893711.2893797(341-346)Online publication date: 15-Feb-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2893711.2893797
Yin SGnawali O(2016)Towards Embedded Visible Light Communication Robust to Dynamic Ambient Light2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)10.1109/GLOCOM.2016.7842344(1-6)Online publication date: Dec-2016
https://doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOM.2016.7842344

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