Patent for Visible Light System Revolutionizes Underwater-to-Aerial Communication
ECE William Lincoln Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia and Research Assistant Professor Emrecan Demirors were awarded a patent for “Visible-light software-defined modem.”
Abstract Source: USPTO
A visible light communication (VLC) system transmits and receives visible light signals across a VLC channel that includes an air-water interface. A transmitter may be configured generates and transmits a visible light signal across the VLC channel to a remote device, and a signal modulator controls the transmitter to generate the visible light signal from a digital transmission signal in accordance with a modulation setting. A receiver processes a remote visible light signal received across the VLC channel from the remote device. A signal demodulator converts the remote visible light signal to a received digital signal.
