• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제37권3C호
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• pp.224-232
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• 2012

Priority MAC is an important issue in every communication system when we consider differentiated service applications. In this paper, we propose a mechanism to support priority MAC based on multi-parameters for IEEE 802.15.7 visible light communication (VLC). By using three parameters such as number of backoff times (NB), backoff exponent (BE) and contention window (CW), we provide priority for multi-level differentiated service applications. We consider beacon-enabled VLC personal area network (VPAN) mode with slotted version for random access algorithm in this paper. Based on a discrete-time Markov chain, we analyze the performance of proposed mechanism under non-saturation environments. By building a Markov chain model for multi-parameters, this paper presents the throughput and transmission delay time for VLC system. Numerical results show that we can apply three parameters to control the priority for VLC MAC protocol.

• 융합보안논문지
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 최근 각광받고 있는 융합기술 중의 하나인 가시광 통신 기술을 개발하고 실제 시제품을 구현하기 위한 시스템 기술에 대해서 기술한다. 본 논문에서는 현재 개발 중인 LED기반 VLC 시스템 기술을 송신부로서 아날로그 LED 드라이브 모듈, 디지털 변조 모듈 및 수신부로 광신호 센싱모듈, 신호복조 모듈로 분류하고 개별 모듈에 대한 구체적인 개발 시스템에 대해서 소자 및 주요 부품의 특성을 기반으로 제시하고 분석한다. 또한 통신 검증을 위해 VLC 송 수신 시뮬레이터를 설계하여 디밍 조절과 플리커 현상에 대한 부분까지 검증 가능하도록 개발하였다. 실제 개발된 시스템을 통해 약 0.5m 거리에서 약 12Mbps의 고속 데이터 전송이 가능함을 확인하였고, 다양한 멀티미디어 데이터까지 실시간으로 전송 가능함을 확인하였다. 본 연구에서 개발된 기술은 가정 내 또는 실내 주차장 등과 같이 실내 측위 또는 조명과 함께 다양한 융합 데이터 서비스 등에서 중요한 역할을 할 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2014년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.483-486
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• 2014

가시광통신(VLC: Visual Light Communication) 시스템은 조명에 통신을 융합하는 개념으로, 조명기능의 깜박임을 최소화(Flickerless)하고 통신기능의 데이터 송수신 거리를 최대화하는 것이 핵심 설계목표가 된다. 본 논문에서는 VLC 통신시스템의 수신된 신호에 포함된 노이즈를 감쇠시킴으로써 송신측에서 보낸 신호를 정확히 검출할 수 있는 방법을 제안하고 그 구현 결과를 제시하였다. 본 연구의 1,2차 구현을 통하여, 수신측에 설계한 특정주파수 대역의 LPF와 HPF를 단계별로 삽입함으로써 송신 데이터의 인식률이 높아졌고, 이러한 인식률 증대를 통하여 광도가 미약한 보다 먼 거리에서 데이터 수신이 가능함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.342-347
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• 2015

We introduce an indoor broadcasting system using light-emitting diode (LED) lamps coupled with a 220 V power line. Two couplers connected to the power line constitute a power line communication (PLC) link. The transmission path from an LED lamp to a photodetector forms a visible light communication (VLC) link in free space. When the LED lamp is coupled to the power line, a composite PLC-VLC link is formed, making it possible to transmit a VLC signal beyond line-of-sight. In experiments, a 4 kHz analog signal modulated with a 100 kHz carrier was sent to the power line by a PLC coupler, and LED lamps coupled to the power line detected the signal and radiated it to multiple VLC receivers in the room. This configuration is useful in expanding an indoor VLC sensor network to adjacent rooms or constructing a voice broadcasting system in a building or apartments with existing power lines.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제59권5호
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• pp.996-1000
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• 2010

In order to apply VLC (visible light communication) in harsh environment of nuclear power plant in-containment building, the high luminance LEDs, which are key components of the VLC system, have been gamma irradiated at the dose rate of 4 kGy/h during 72 hours up to a total dose of 288 kGy. The radiation induced coloration effect in the high luminance LED bulb made of acryl or plastic material was observed. In the VLC wireless data transmission experiment using the high luminance LEDs irradiated by high dose rate gamma-ray, the radiation induced coloration effect of the high luminance LED bulb extended the communication distance compared to non-irradiated LEDs.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제37권5B호
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• pp.357-364
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• 2012

In Visible Light Communication (VLC) system, with the limitation of transmission range and Field Of View (FOV), LOS (Line of Sight) link between two transceivers should be guaranteed due to the straightness of the visible-light signal. Especially for indoor applications, link recovery is an advantage method to remain the link connection because of the link failure in which caused by movement obstacle. Link recovery schemes try to keep link dynamically without re-initialing connection. This article proposes a new link recover scheme for VLC system by using cooperative communication. Our propose scheme focuses on the QoS reservation resource by GTS in IEEE 802.15.7 specification in which the requested QoS resource from client should be guarantee during the application time. With the link recovery scheme, we will try to continue the link connection as long as possible when unexpected disconnect link. The mathematical analysis and simulation results show that proposed scheme increases the overall reliability of the VLC system.

• 센서학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.212-218
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• 2013

In this paper, we introduce a new method to reduce the inter-channel crosstalk in visible light communication (VLC) systems using the synchronizing pulses transmitted through the power lines. Synchronizing pulses are simultaneously transmitted to multiple VLC transmitters and receivers through the 220V power line. Each VLC transmitter modulates an LED and each VLC receiver demodulates the signal light in the time slot that is allocated with reference to the synchronizing pulses. This method is very simple and effective to prevent the inter-channel crosstalk in VLC systems for sensor networks because every VLC system can easily get the synchronizing pulses from the nearby power line.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.316-323
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 가시광통신에서 플리커를 방지하기 위한 3-레벨 바이트반전 전송방식을 새로이 소개한다. 가시광 송신부에서는 3-레벨 LED 변조기를 사용하여 원신호와 반전신호를 차례로 전송하며, 데이터 전송과정에서 LED의 평균광출력이 일정하게 유지되어 플리커가 발생하지 않는다. 가시광 수신부에서는 간단한 비교기를 사용하여 원신호가 쉽게 복구된다. 이 방식에서는 플리커 방지를 위하여 별도의 클럭이나 캐리어가 필요하지 않아 구조가 매우 간단하며, 저렴한 비용으로 플리커가 없는 실내의 가시광 시스템을 구축하는 데에 유용할 것으로 판단된다.

• 정보와 통신
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.50-60
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• 2011

Visible light communication(VLC) is one type of short-range, optical, and wireless communication system utilizing light emitting diode(LED) and laser diode(LD) as optical source. In a VLC system, visible light is used as a transmission medium and used to illuminate. Using VLC has a lot of advantages: it is harmless to human body; it transmits with high power, and it has excellent security, a high data rate, and a license free frequency band. With such a unique blend of communication and illumination in one system, the most common application would be an indoor environment. We aim at reviewing key issues in VLC network such as : FOV(field of view), priority MAC, cooperative MAC, link switching, LED-ID technique, cell site diversity, and link recovery.

• 센서학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.191-197
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• 2019

In this study, we propose a dimming control method for a visible light communication (VLC) system, in which the subcarrier on-off keying (OOK) modulation of Manchester code is used for data transmission. In the VLC transmitter, non-return-to-zero (NRZ) code data is transformed to Manchester code, which is OOK modulated with a subcarrier. Manchester code is used for flicker-free lighting; the duty factor is changed for dimming control, and the subcarrier is used for preventing the adjacent noise light interference. In the experiments, the dimming control was carried out from about 8%-92% of the continuous wave (CW) LED light. This configuration is simple and effective in constructing a VLC system for indoor wireless sensor networks with flicker-free illumination and dimming control capability without adjacent noise light interference.