LESA research in high-speed VLC is addressing the current wireless spectrum crunch by focusing on ways of meeting these unique challenges and exploring opportunities in lighting enabled systems and services.

Visible Light Communication (VLC) is gaining interest and momentum worldwide for its potential to fully optimize ubiquitous indoor optical communications. The development of heterogeneous network (HetNet) capabilities that seamlessly integrate light and radio frequency (RF) wireless communications is critical to the future the IoT connected world.

Research Focus

Work in this area primarily uses visible lighting systems for high-volume and high-speed data throughput in HetNets/RF wireless networks to address challenges with mobility, OFDM platform and software integration, and hardware installation, among others. LESA is creating advanced driver and compatible receivers to improve productivity for accessing information indoors using dual-lighting systems that permit high-data-rate and density needed to integrate VLC into 5G and future wireless systems. It allows for the continuous transmission of signals while simultaneously providing adaptive illumination.

Communication Publications