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AuthorShaaban, Khaled
AuthorShamim, Md Hosne Mobarok
AuthorAbdur-Rouf, Khadija
Available date2023-12-07T07:32:02Z
Publication Date2021
Publication NameJournal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English Edition)
ResourceScopus
ISSN20957564
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtte.2021.04.005
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/50239
AbstractIn seeking to improve traffic congestion and safety on roads and highways, there has been an increased interest in intelligent transportation systems (ITS). The emerging visible light communication (VLC) technology is a new candidate to enable wireless access in ITS. The purpose of this study is to present a comprehensive review of the current studies related to VLC. Since VLC facilitates illumination and data communication simultaneously, it reduces energy consumption significantly. Additionally, VLC is immune to electromagnetic interference, provides high data security, and utilizes unregulated visible light spectrum, showing promise as a potentially cheaper alternative to existing radio frequency (RF) based technology. Moreover, recent advances in semiconductor materials and solid-state technologies have enabled the development of efficient light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and laser diodes (LDs) which are used as transmitters in a VLC system. Although 10 s of Gbits/s data rate has been demonstrated in indoor VLC links, successful implementation of it in outdoor environments requires further research to overcome the challenges presented by environmental factors, unwanted lights, non-line of sight communication, directional radiation pattern, frequent fragmentation, and so on. Besides, in recent years, semiconductor LDs have been garnering more attention since they can transmit more data over longer distances due to their high quantum efficiency and modulation bandwidth compared to LEDs. As a result, urban planners, policy-makers, transportation engineers, and vehicle manufacturers are considering LD-based VLC to facilitate vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication. Thus, this paper reviews and compares the most recent developments in VLC technologies, identifies their benefits and potential use in ITS applications, discusses the probable barriers for their implementation in our existing transportation infrastructure, and suggests future research directions and recommendations to overcome these challenges.
Languageen
PublisherElsevier
SubjectInternet of things
Laser diodes
Light-emitting diodes
Transportation network
Vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication
Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication
TitleVisible light communication for intelligent transportation systems: A review of the latest technologies
TypeArticle Review
Pagination483-492
Issue Number4
Volume Number8
dc.accessType Open Access


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