Secure communication zone for white-light LED visible light communication

Abstract

As visible light communication (VLC) can be one of the promising wireless communication technologies in the future, improving the transmission security in VLC is highly desirable. We propose and demonstrate a secure VLC system using data superposition of different light emitting diodes (LEDs). The eavesdroppers can receive similar illumination but cannot obtain enough signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for communication. The channel model and simulation parameters are presented. Analysis of the secure VLC zone forming using practical in-home scenarios is also discussed, showing the flexibly control the size and shift of secure VLC zone. A proof-of-concept experiment is performed, and there is a good match in trend between the experimental and simulation results. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.