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.

通过可见光通信 (VLC) 的概念使用光频率进行通信在过去十年中引起了人们的极大兴趣。这归因于 VLC 的多种功能，包括高数据速率无线链路、定向传输（因此可能安全）以及在不受监管的光谱（400--800 THz 频段）中运行。 VLC 是一个新兴领域，只有通过广泛的实验和测试才能实现该技术的商业应用。截至目前，还没有真正的 VLC 测试平台可用于大规模进行协调远程 VLC 实验。作为推进 VLC 测试台设计和开发的一步，该规划项目汇集了两所美国大学的协作团队，执行一系列研究和规划活动，为成熟的测试台开发奠定了先例。测试台设计规划阶段的总体目标是制定基线测试台架构，调查社区和利益相关者对测试台的设计、开发和使用的兴趣，并根据社区反馈改进设计。该项目开发设计一个可远程访问的室内 VLC 测试台的计划，该测试台将在静态配置下以矩形网格图案构成大量 VLC 节点，并在移动配置下集成多个 VLC 节点。该项目的科学优点包括（i）设计和实现可集成到测试台环境中的 VLC 收发器的各种 VLC 硬件和软件组件，（ii）可重复 VLC 研究实验的小规模可行性试验，（iii）设计和开发便携式模块化 VLC 实验套件的设计，(iv) 向研究界和公众通报该测试平台并调查他们的兴趣，并收集有关我们测试平台的设计和实施的反馈，以及 (v) 分析来自社区致力于发展 VLC 测试台架构设计。拟议的规划、开发活动以及研讨会和会议将促进社区外展和对 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 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。