Standards for indoor Optical Wireless Communications

Author

Boucouvalas, A. ; Chatzimisios, Periklis ; Ghassemlooy, Zabih ; Uysal, Murat ; Yiannopoulos, Konstantinos

Author_Institution

Univ. of Peloponnese, Tripoli, Greece

Volume

53

Issue

3

fYear

2015

fDate

42064

Firstpage

24

Lastpage

31

Abstract

The application of Optical Wireless Communications (OWC) has grown in recent years that the whole industry would benefit from common standards to which competitive products comply. Standards are essential, particularly when the market expands into high-volume products like home appliances and other consumer goods. This article offers a timely review of standards-writing activity, as OWCs find their way into diverse products varying from TV remote controls to satellite links. This article discusses the most popular standards for optical wireless communications. We outline the IEEE 802.11 standard for optical wireless local area networks, and the ongoing standardization effort by IrDA on personal optical wireless systems. The article concludes with a discussion of the recently announced IEEE 802.15.7 standard on visible light communications.

Keywords

IEEE standards; indoor communication; optical fibre LAN; satellite links; telecontrol; IEEE 802.11 standard; IEEE 802.15.7 standard; IrDA; OWC; TV remote control; indoor optical wireless communication; optical wireless local area network; satellite link; standard-writing activity; visible light communication; IEEE 802.11 Standards; IEEE standards; Light emitting diodes; Optical fiber communication; Optical transmitters; Protocols; Standards; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2015.7060515

Filename

7060515