Collaborative Research: CCRI: Planning: A Visible Light Communication (VLC) Testbed for Next Generation Wireless Research

合作研究：CCRI：规划：下一代无线研究的可见光通信 (VLC) 测试平台

• 批准号: 2120422
• 负责人: Ashwin Ashok
• 金额: $ 5.98万
• 依托单位: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2023-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2120422&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; CCRI; Planning; Visible

The use of optical frequencies for communication through the concept of visible light communication (VLC) has garnered significant interest over the last decade. This is attributed to the multitude of capabilities of VLC, including high data rate wireless links, directional and thus potentially secure transmissions, and operation in the unregulated optical spectrum (400--800 THz band). VLC is a strongly emerging area and commercial adoption of the technology is possible only if it can past-muster through extensive experimentation and testing. As of now, there is no real VLC testbed available for conducting coordinated remote VLC experiments at scale. As a step towards the advancement of a VLC testbed design and development, this planning project brings together a collaborative team across two US universities to execute a set of research and planning activities that can set the precedent for a full-fledged testbed development. The overarching goal of this planning phase of the testbed design is to work out a baseline testbed architecture, survey the community's and stakeholders' interest in design, development and usage of the testbed, and evolve the design based on the community feedback.This project develops a plan for designing a remotely accessible indoor VLC testbed that will constitute a large array of VLC nodes in a rectangular grid pattern under a static configuration and integrate a number of VLC nodes under a mobile configuration. The scientific merits of the project includes (i) design and implementation of various VLC hardware and software components for a VLC transceiver integrable into a testbed environment, (ii) small-scale feasibility trials of reproducible VLC research experiments, (iii) design and development of a portable and modular VLC experimentation kit, (iv) informing the research community and general public about the testbed and survey their interest, and gather feedback about our design and implementation of the testbed, and (v) analyses of the information and feedback from the community towards evolving the VLC testbed architecture design. The proposed planning, development activities, and workshops and meetings will foster community outreach and interest in the VLC research, and provide a learning platform for undergraduate and graduate students.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在过去的十年中，通过可见光通信（VLC）的概念（VLC）使用光频率进行了交流。这归因于VLC的众多功能，包括高数据速率无线链接，方向性链接，因此潜在的安全传输以及在不受监管的光谱（400---800 THZ频段）中的操作。 VLC是一个强烈的新兴领域，只有在通过广泛的实验和测试可以过去的过程中，才有可能对技术的商业采用。截至目前，还没有可用于大规模进行协调的远程VLC实验的实际VLC测试床。为了迈向VLC测试床设计和开发的进步，该计划项目汇集了一支在美国两所大学的协作团队，以执行一系列研究和计划活动，这些活动可以为全面的测试台开发设定先例。 The overarching goal of this planning phase of the testbed design is to work out a baseline testbed architecture, survey the community's and stakeholders' interest in design, development and usage of the testbed, and evolve the design based on the community feedback.This project develops a plan for designing a remotely accessible indoor VLC testbed that will constitute a large array of VLC nodes in a rectangular grid pattern under a static configuration and在移动配置下集成了许多VLC节点。该项目的科学优点包括（i）设计和实施VLC硬件和软件组件，以将VLC收发器集成到测试床环境中，（ii）可再现VLC研究实验的小规模可行性试验，（iii）（iii）对便携式和模式的VLC访问（IV）的设计和开发（iv），并将其访问（IV）访问（IV）访问（IV），并访问了（iv）（IV）（iv）（IV）（iv）（IV）。我们对测试台的设计和实施，以及（v）对社区的信息和反馈分析，以不断发展VLC测试台体系结构设计。拟议的计划，开发活动，研讨会和会议将促进社区对VLC研究的兴趣，并为本科生和研究生提供学习平台。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的审查标准来评估值得通过评估来支持的。