With the radio frequency spectrum becoming crowded, an alternative means to wireless communication is necessary to accommodate the exponentially increasing wireless traffic demand. Visible light communication (VLC) systems provide an alternative to the current standards of wireless transfer of information, using light from LEDs as the communication medium. In these systems, LEDs blink at a rapid rate such that the human eye will not notice the change in light intensity, but a sensitive photodiode can detect the on-off behavior and decode the embedded information. This project involves analyzing the issues with current wireless communication systems and how VLC can resolve these issues, as well as designing and implementing a functional VLC system.

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Creator

• Barney, Casey David
• Dich, Alexander
• Koufos, Dennis N.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-032814-001416

Advisor

• Lai, Lifeng

Year

• 2014

Date created

• 2014-03-28

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright