CandlES: communication and lighting emulation software

Authors:
Michael B. Rahaim;Tarik Borogovac;Jeffrey B. Carruthers
Affiliations:
Boston University, Boston, MA, USA;Boston University, Boston, MA, USA;Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the fifth ACM international workshop on Wireless network testbeds, experimental evaluation and characterization
Year:
2010

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Abstract

We present Communication and Lighting Emulation Software (CandLES), a model of wireless Visual Light Communications (VLC) that aids the design of dual-use communication and fully functional indoor lighting systems. Given a system design and an environment specification, CandLES characterizes the overall communications performance with respect to key metrics, which include achievable datarate, error rate and coverage, as well as lighting performance with respect to illumination coverage. The system and environment specifications that can be set are detailed and flexible, making CandLES a powerful tool for improving the design of such a system as well as testing its robustness to different environments.