2014 Proceeding- General Chairs:
- Edward Knightly,
- Harald Haas,
- Hsin-Mu (Michael) Tsai
Aloha and welcome to VLCS'14, the First ACM Workshop on Visible Light Communication Systems held in conjunction with the ACM MobiCom 2014 Conference. VLCS'14 is an innovative workshop premiering this year in a magical location, Maui, Hawaii.
VLCS'14 is the first ACM workshop to examine Visible Light Communication (VLC), a revolutionary communication technology that makes use of visible light from LED lights or LCD display to carry digital information wirelessly between devices. This cutting edge technology begins a tradition of being the premier forum for presentation of research performed by researchers of academia and industry on leading edge issues of applications, novel designs, services including positioning and security, systems, network, access, and mobility management. Our mission will be to bring to light new application domains that could take advantage of the unique properties of VLC and enable understanding of how these diverse application requirements would shape the design of next-generation VLC systems and to give researchers and practitioners a unique opportunity to share their perspectives with others interested in this revolutionary communication technology.
We are delighted to announce our keynote speaker, a distinguished researcher, Professor Maite Brandt-Pearce, from University of Virginia. Maite will present her research and vision for The Future of VLC: Potential and Limitations. In addition, we have an outstanding panel discussion entitled, The Case for VLC: Do Nanometer Waves Trump Millimeter Waves?, organized by Marco Gruteser, Rutgers University. The panel features a central VLCS theme and distinguished speakers. Finally, a dynamic display of demos and posters dedicated to advances in VLCS communication topics will be presented at VLCS'14: organized by Chunyi Peng, Ohio State University and Pat Pannuto, University of Michigan.
The program will include a broad set of VLC-centered topics from camera-based communications to VLC Systems architecture. We encourage attendees to attend the invited talk presentations. These valuable and insightful talks can and will guide us to a better understanding of the future. We hope that these proceedings will serve as a valuable reference for VLCS researchers and developers.
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The future of VLC: potential and limitations
Visible light communication (VLC) is based on modulating inexpensive LEDs that are simultaneously used for illumination. This dual-use approach can offer energy-efficient connectivity as well as high throughput due to the huge unregulated optical ...
System architecture directions for a software-defined lighting infrastructure
After years of development, cost-effective, energy-efficient, and long-lasting solid-state lighting technology is finally a viable alternative to incandescent and fluorescent lights. Unfortunately, the remarkable march of semiconductor technology into ...
Using consumer LED light bulbs for low-cost visible light communication systems
LED-to-LED Visible Light Communication (VLC) based on Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) and microcontrollers provide a foundation for networking using visible light as communication medium. We describe a low-complexity smart LED light bulb prototype that is ...
OpenVLC: software-defined visible light embedded networks
Though there has been a lot of interest in Visible Light Communication (VLC) in recent years, a reference platform based on commercial off-the-shelf components is still missing. We believe that an open-source platform would lower the barriers of entry ...
Scalable imaging VLC receivers with token-based pixel selection for spatial multiplexing
Visible light communications (VLC) can be adopted in lighting infrastructure to provide ubiquitous wireless access in spaces where light is consumed by humans. Unfortunately, the requirement to provide high-quality diffuse illumination reduces the ...
Styrofoam: a tightly packed coding scheme for camera-based visible light communication
Screen-to-camera visible-light communication links are fundamentally limited by inter-symbol interference, in which the camera receives multiple overlapping symbols in a single capture exposure. By determining interference constraints, we are able to ...
Hybrid visible light communication for cameras and low-power embedded devices
Visible light communication (VLC) between LED light bulbs and smart-phone cameras has already begun to gain traction for identification and indoor localization applications. To support detection by cameras, the frequencies and data rates are typically ...
Do not share!: invisible light beacons for signaling preferences to privacy-respecting cameras
The ubiquity of cameras in today's world has played a key role in the growth of sensing technology and mobile computing. However, on the other hand, it has also raised serious concerns about privacy of people who are photographed, intentionally or ...
HiLight: hiding bits in pixel translucency changes
We present HiLight, a new form of screen-camera communication without the need of any coded images (e.g. barcodes) for off-the-shelf smart devices. HiLight hides information underlying any images shown on a LED or an OLED screen, so that camera-equipped ...
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- Proceedings of the 1st ACM MobiCom workshop on Visible light communication systems