Visible Light Communications
- Principal Investigators: Jeff Carruthers, Thomas Little,
One of Boston University’s many efforts to reduce reliance on non-renewable energy sources and to reduce carbon emissions the emerging technology is through conducting research on solid-state devices: light-emitting diodes or LEDs. Lighting with these devices offers great energy savings, longevity, and one more important feature: they can be used as communications devices.
B.U. faculty researching this field envision a successful outcome, namely whenever a conventional light is replaced with a new “Smart Light,” we enable future communications and networking within illuminated spaces. Thus, in addition to addressing strategic energy conservation and ecological needs, smart lighting will create ubiquitous communications capabilities that have many desirable characteristics not offered by current radio-frequency communications.
