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VISIBL LIGH COMMUNICATI

E T ONS
Presented by:
A . V. SUNIL KUMAR
BL.EN.U4ECE14008
A. GOUTHAM REDDY
BL.EN.U4ECE14007
B. AJAY KUMAR
BL.EN.U4ECE14015
AGENDA
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 WHAT IS VLC ?
ACKGROUND
OWC
OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
 Transmission of data wirelessly via optical carriers
Powerful alternative to RF
OWC can be employed in a diverse range of
communications applications
Short range (in the order of millimetres)-
optical interconnections within integrated
circuits
Long range (in the order of kilometres)-
outdoor inter building links

Generally, OWC includes:

Infrared
FSO
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 INFRARED
For short range communications
Approximately 1 to 400 THZ frequency
band
Applications:
Infrared imaging capturing invisible
IR images and making them visible
As heating source
Remote controls
 FSO
Free Space
Optics
For long range communications
This line-of-sight technology approach uses invisible
beams with frequency of 193.5 GHz and 382.2 GHz
A technology that can be installed licensed free
world wide
Can be installed in less than a day
Offers optical fibre like bandwidth and data speed
Normally called wide band home access or last mile
access network
Application
s:

Point to Point FSO

Emerging area
is
visiblelight
communications
 Visible Light Communications is a kind of
optical wireless communication which uses
visible light ( 400THZ to 900THZ ) from light
emitting diodes as a medium for data
communication
That is, transferring of data using light which
is visible to human eyes
VlC offers short/medium range data
Led advancement
Led technical evolution ( efficiency , brightness)
Led illumination infrastructure
Communication Community trend
Ubiquitous ( connected anywhere , anytime)
Security
Environmental trend
Energy saving
Green technology
Intrinsic characteristic of VLC
Visibility
No interference / No regulation
Advancement in led technology
Mostly in terms of illumination
characteristics and switching speed
Leds brighter than our conventional
lights ( fluorescent and incandescent
lamps)
 Therefore, visible light emitted from a
led can be modulated to send data
i.e., by simultaneous operation of
lighting and switching
At the same time leds can switch at
high rate (over 10Mhz)
Free spectrum ( best thing in life is
 Illumination moving from
incandescent/
fluorescent to solid state
sources (LEDs)
- Predicted to become
predominant method for
room illumination

Used extensively in
traffic systems (traffic
signals, rear light
cluster)
 Ubiquitous : Omni-presence.

Harmless for human body and electronic devices

Available visible light bandwidth is about 300THz.It is

considerably larger than
the current available radio frequency bandwidth(about
300GHz).

Achievable at Low Cost and on Existing Infrastructure or with

slight
modification.
Ambient interference:

Obstacles : Must obtain a Line-of Sight(LOS).

Interferences from other visible light sources(sun,bulbs).

Also suffer from the multi-path effect as light reflects.