TY - GEN
T1 - Visible Light Communication with Solar Cell Receiver for Indoor IoT Applications
AU - Bonakdar, Roozbeh
AU - Edemen, Cagatay
AU - Akbulut, M. Emin
AU - Keskin, Onur
AU - Kaya, Onur
AU - Uysal, Murat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 IEEE.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The rapid increase of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has ushered in a new era of connectivity, with an increasing reliance on efficient communication models. In this context, Optical Wireless Communications (OWC) presents a promising avenue for transmitting data at the speed of light, utilizing the optical spectrum to alleviate congestion in urban environments. Leveraging Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) as transmitters and solar cells as receivers, this paper explores the feasibility of indoor OWC systems. Moreover, we present an experimental setup focusing on bandwidth measurement, data transmission, and energy harvesting. Our results indicate a maximum data rate of 19.2 Kbps using On-Off Keying (OOK) modulation at a 15 cm link distance. Notably, by avoiding the utilization of external circuitry for performance enhancement of the solar cell, we tried to maintain the system's suitability for IoT applications. Our findings contribute to understanding solar cell-based data reception from LEDs, offering simulation results for practical implementation and performance considerations for indoor IoT communication systems.
AB - The rapid increase of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has ushered in a new era of connectivity, with an increasing reliance on efficient communication models. In this context, Optical Wireless Communications (OWC) presents a promising avenue for transmitting data at the speed of light, utilizing the optical spectrum to alleviate congestion in urban environments. Leveraging Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) as transmitters and solar cells as receivers, this paper explores the feasibility of indoor OWC systems. Moreover, we present an experimental setup focusing on bandwidth measurement, data transmission, and energy harvesting. Our results indicate a maximum data rate of 19.2 Kbps using On-Off Keying (OOK) modulation at a 15 cm link distance. Notably, by avoiding the utilization of external circuitry for performance enhancement of the solar cell, we tried to maintain the system's suitability for IoT applications. Our findings contribute to understanding solar cell-based data reception from LEDs, offering simulation results for practical implementation and performance considerations for indoor IoT communication systems.
KW - IoT
KW - Light Emitting Diode
KW - OOK modulation
KW - OWC
KW - Solar cell
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U2 - 10.1109/SIU61531.2024.10601034
DO - 10.1109/SIU61531.2024.10601034
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85200850851
T3 - 32nd IEEE Conference on Signal Processing and Communications Applications, SIU 2024 - Proceedings
BT - 32nd IEEE Conference on Signal Processing and Communications Applications, SIU 2024 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 32nd IEEE Conference on Signal Processing and Communications Applications, SIU 2024
Y2 - 15 May 2024 through 18 May 2024
ER -