Ashwin Ashok
ABSTRACT
Drones have opened up a vista of opportunities for novel applications, ranging from 3D mapping to agriculture to door delivery of products. This paper positions the idea of enabling visible light communication (VLC) technology on drones. VLC on drones provides a new communication modality between drones and their specific application targets in air or ground, enabling novel applications in the VLC ecosystem. For example, drones could provide a fast and reliable VLC based Internet hotspot, reliable communication links for air--traffic control and even enable inter--aerial--vehicular communication. This paper discusses different use--cases for VLC on drones and the key research challenges in realizing the technology.
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Index Terms
- Position: DroneVLC: Visible Light Communication for Aerial Vehicular Networking
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