Entertainment lighting control network standardization to support VLC services

Author

Sang-Kyu Lim ; Ruling, Karl ; Insu Kim ; Il Soon Jang

Author_Institution

Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst. (ETRI), Daejeon, South Korea

Volume

51

Issue

12

fYear

2013

fDate

Dec-13

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

48

Abstract

VLC technology is receiving increasing attention in research and product development these days because high lumen/watt LEDs are becoming the dominant sources for artificial lighting. Successful VLC data transmission from luminaires requires that the data first be moved to the luminaires over a backbone network. This article addresses the lighting control network as a backbone for VLC services and describes a standards-drafting project, designated BSR E1.45, for entertainment lighting control to support the transmission of data for VLC from luminaires. E1.45 specifies a data frame format that can coexist with ANSI E1.11 messages on lighting control network, and thus deliver VLC data to luminaires for transmission from those luminaires.

Keywords

LED lamps; data communication; lighting control; optical communication; product development; research and development; standardisation; ANSI E1.11 messages; BSR E1.45; VLC data; VLC data transmission; VLC services; VLC technology; artificial lighting; entertainment lighting control network standardization; lumen-watt LED; luminaires; product development; research and development; standards-drafting project; Commercialization; Data communication; Entertainment industry; Light emitting diodes; Lighting; Lighting control; Product development;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2013.6685756

Filename

6685756