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Organic VisibleLight Communication
Luigi Salamandraab, Gianpaolo Susannaab,Vincenzo Attanasioab,Stefano Pennaab, Andrea Realeb
a) Istituto Superiore delle Comunicazioni e delle Tecnologie dell’InformazioneMinistero dello Sviluppo Economico
Viale America 201, 00144 Rome (Italy)b) Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”,
via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome (Italy)
e-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]
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ISCOM @ Glance
Istituto Superiore delleComunicazioni e delleTecnologie dell’Informazione(aka ISCOM), DG of the "Ministerodello Sviluppo Economico" (MISE)is a technical scientific body. Itsmain activities are developed forthe central PAs, the end users andthe private companies.
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Test Plant Laboratory
ISCOM – Research Topics in NGNOptical Wireless Communication
Visible Light Communication
SETUP FSO
WEATHERSTATION
OUTDOOR
INDOOR
Data Center
Silicon Organic HybridTechnologyActivities
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Partnerships e collaborazioni
CNR – Ist. Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, Rome & Trento, ItalyUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata, ItalyUniversity of Rome Roma Tre, ItalyUniversity of Rome Sapienza, ItalyUniversity of L’Aquila, ItalyPolitecnico of Milano, ItalyUniversity of Cagliari, ItalyUniversity of Padova, ItalyIstituto Superiore Mario Boella, Turin ItalyUniversity of Palermo, ItalyS.S. Sant’Anna - CNIT, Pisa ItalyNICT (National Inst. ICT), Tokyo, JapanUniversity of Newcastle upon Tyne, UKInstituto de Telecomunicacoes, Aveiro, PortugalNational Insitute of Communications, Warsaw, PolandAcademy of Science, Prague, Czech RepublicAthens Information Technology Center, Athens, GreeceUniversidad Politecnica de Cataluna, Barcelona, SpainUniversity Politecnick, Yerevan, Armenia
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Smart City – A ‘broad’ conceptA Smart City is an urban development vision to integrate multiple information andcommunication technology (ICT) and Internet of Things (IoTs) solutions to improvequality of life.
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Visible Light Communication (VLC)
The use of the environmental light assource of an optical wireless datacommunication system.
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Why VLC? Fast
1÷3.5Gb/s (recently10Gb/s demonstrated!)
Securereceive data only insidethe room
Cheapuse of environmental light
Safelight instead radio
Omnipresentlight is everywhere!
VLC isn’t "the one" wireless communicationtechnology, but more a valid alternativeand complementary to other technology
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Organic VisibleLight Communication
Organic devices: printed, cheap, large-area, flexibleOLED (organic light-emitting diode)OPD (organic photo-detector)
Organic devices are incorporable on many different other products!
interior design
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VLC – Commercial products
40Mb/s full-duplex integrated receiver forsmartphone
dongle
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Applications of VLC
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Applications of VLC – Home & Office
Visible Light Communication is intrinsically an effective choice in an environment withmany final ‘users’ to satisfy, and some of them are not humans!!! (IoTs scenario)
smartphone, TV, tablet and…my water heater?!?
(household appliances)
smartphone, laptop PC,printer, air conditioner
(office equipment)
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Applications of VLC – Smart Mobility
Visible Light Communicationcould be used to realize adiffused communicationsystem for traffic informationand to prevent and avoidaccidents
Vehicle-2-Vehicle Vehicle-2-Everything
Automotive & TransportSmart TrafficHeadlights
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Applications of VLC – Indoor Positioning System (IPS)
Visible Light Communication used for tracking something in a huge environment(with a precision up to 30cm), for example your favorite cornflakes!!! (indoor GPS)
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Applications of VLC – Merchandiser Info
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Applications of VLC – Entertainment
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Applications of VLC – Airplane
Visible Light Communication replaces radio communication where it isn’t allowed communication on airstrips (airplane to center of operations) communication inside airplanes (entertainment systems) no interferences with on-board instruments
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Applications of VLC – Healthcare
Visible Light Communication is the most suitable choice in closedenvironment like an hospital. Since the regulated and limited useof radio waves, the VLC system could connect medical equipment(cable-free), particularly in the operating rooms.Plus, the electrical isolation on the connection between devices ispossible.
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Applications of VLC – Disney Research
“Disney Research’s mission is to drive value for The Walt Disney Company by delivering scientific &technological innovation Company-wide. Our world-class research talent invents and transfers the mostcompelling technologies enabling the Company to differentiate its content, services, and products” (from website)
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Applications of VLC - Underwater
Visible Light Communication could bethe unique technology available in“particular” situation!!!
Underwater… (where radio couldn’t)
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Conclusion
Visible Light Communication is a promising wireless technology
communication system, providing fast, cheap and secure data-
link using modulated environmental lights
Its fascinating characteristics make the appropriate solution to
implement IoTs’ scenario in a Smart City background
Furthermore, thanks to the possibility to realize organic devices
(both light sources OLEDs and photo-voltaics OPDs), cheap and
flexible, Organic Visible Light Communication is realizable
practically on everything