FLEXIBLE AND INTEGRATED FRAME STRUCTURE DESIGN FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE TOPOLOGIES WITH VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION

Title:

FLEXIBLE AND INTEGRATED FRAME STRUCTURE DESIGN FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE TOPOLOGIES WITH VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/034360

Kind Code:

A2

Abstract:

For use in a visible light communication (VLC) network, a system and method for communicating a plurality of medium access control (MAC) frames. The method includes providing a single frame structure to support a plurality of topologies, the plurality of topologies including peer-to-peer, broadcast, star and visibility topologies. The method also includes transmitting a plurality of frames comprising a plurality of frame types, the plurality of frame types comprising data, beacon, command, acknowledgement, and color-visibility-dimming (CVD) frames.

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Inventors:

RAJAGOPAL SRIDHAR (US)
KIM DO-YOUNG (KR)
LI YING (US)
KHAN FAROOQ (US)

Application Number:

PCT/KR2010/006363

Publication Date:

March 24, 2011

Filing Date:

September 16, 2010

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Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD (KR)

International Classes:

H04B10/10

Foreign References:

US20090073952A1	2009-03-19
US20090022496A1	2009-01-22
US20060034233A1	2006-02-16
US20060268908A1	2006-11-30

Other References:

See references of EP 2478651A4

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

LEE, Keon-Joo (Myongryun-dong 4-ga Chongro-gu, Seoul 110-524, KR)

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