Visible light communication beacon system for internet of things

Abstract

The article describes an application of VLC (Visible Light Communication) for IoT (Internet of Things) nodes authentication and metadata exchange in the field of augmented reality. A practical use-case of presented communication system is provided and benefits of using such technique are explained. A smartphone camera based platform and advanced image processing is used for data reception and as a proof of concept implementation of presented communication technique. The future direction of the research is provided.