Visible Light Security 2022 - In the near future, the high data rate challenge would not be possible by using the radio frequency (RF) only. As the user will increase, the network traffic will increase proportionally. Visible light communication (VLC) is a good solution to support huge number of indoor users. VLC has high data rate over RF communication. The way internet users are increasing, we have to think over VLC technology. Not only the data rate is a concern but also its security, cost, and reliability have to be considered for a good communication network. Quantum technology makes a great impact on communication and computing in both areas. Quantum communication technology has the ability to support better channel capacity, higher security, and lower latency. This paper combines the quantum technology over the existing VLC and compares the performance between quantum visible light communication performance (QVLC) over the existing VLC system. Research findings clearly show that the performance of QVLC is better than the existing VLC system.
Authored by Syed Hasan, Mostafa Chowdhury, Md. Saiam
Visible Light Security 2022 - To realize indoor long-distance uplink visible light communication from a smartphone screen to a telephoto camera, wide-angle physical layer security of low-luminance wavelength division multiplexing / space division multiplexing screen is investigated with a numerical model and experiments. Dual-wavelength space division multiplexing not only doubles the data rate of single wavelength one, but also helps enhance the wide-angle physical layer security.
Authored by Alisa Kawade, Wataru Chujo, Kentaro Kobayashi
Visible Light Security 2022 - The world moves towards innovation; internet and mobile users are rising tremendously, and there is a desire for high-speed and uninterrupted internet access. Because of its high speed, improved bandwidth, and security, everyone is now interested in a new emergent wireless communication technology called Visible Light Communication (VLC). A VLC system with and without noise has been developed and modelled using an optical source of 450 nm LED wavelength and photodiode as a receiver. For noise, white light source is used that has an impact on the performance and quality of the VLC system. At the receiver side, Trapezoidal Optical Filter is employed before the photo detector to reduce ambient light noise, enhance the Q-factor, Bit Error Rate and provides a clear eye diagram. This paper also discusses the effect of Bit Rate with LED Bandwidth and Q-factor. Optisystem-7 software is used to simulate the circuits. In this work, the performance is assessed using Bit Error Rate and Q-factor values, as well as an eye diagram for improved communication and the use of a rectangular optical filter and polarizer to separate the sequences at the receiver side when they are sharing the same channel at the same time.
Authored by Hasnain Ali, Saleem Shahid
Visible Light Security 2022 - Wrist-worn devices enable access to essential information and they are suitable for a wide range of applications, such as gesture and activity recognition. Wristworn devices require appropriate technologies when used in sensitive areas, overcoming vulnerabilities in regard to security and privacy. In this work, we propose an approach to recognize wrist rotation by utilizing Visible Light Communication (VLC) that is enabled by low-cost LEDs in an indoor environment. In this regard, we address the channel model of a VLC communicating wristband (VLCcw) in terms of the following factors. The directionality and the spectral composition of the light and the corresponding spectral sensitivity and the directional characteristics of the utilized photodiode (PD). We verify our VLCcw from the simulation environment by a smallscale experimental setup. Then, we analyze the system when white and RGBW LEDs are used. In addition, we optimized the VLCcw system by adding more receivers for the purpose of reducing the number of LEDs on VLCcw. Our results show that the proposed approach generates a feasible real-world simulation environment.
Authored by Saman Zahiri-Rad, Ziad Salem, Andreas Weiss, Erich Leitgeb
Visible Light Security 2022 - Visible Light Communication (VLC) is one of technology for the sixth generation (6G) wireless communication and also broadcast system. VLC systems are more resistant against Radio Frequency interference and unsusceptible to security like most RF wireless networks. Since VLC is one of suitable candidate for enforcing data security in future wireless networks. This paper considers improving the security of the next generation of wireless communications by using wireless device fingerprints in visible light communication, which could be used potentially for ATSC broadcasting applications. In particular, we aim to provide a detailed proposal for developing novel wireless security solutions using Visible light communication device fingerprinting techniques. The objectives are two-fold: (1) to provide a systematic review of AI-based wireless device fingerprint identification method and (2) to identify VLC transmitter, with respect to the ATSC physical layer modulation scheme, by analysing the differences in the modulated constellations signaled received by photo-diode, which will be proved by laboratory experimentation.
Authored by Ziqi Liu, Dayu Shi, Samia Oukemeni, Xun Zhang
Visible Light Security 2022 - In this paper, we address the secure data transmission through visible light communication (VLC) using physical layer security (PLS) techniques and particularly, optical beamforming with the zero-forcing algorithm. More precisely, we consider the secrecy capacity of classical multiple-input singleoutput VLC so that the system can deal with eavesdroppers by minimizing the secrecy outage probability (SOP). The considered wireless channel is modeled by the Gaussian distribution, which is subject to amplitude constraints. We quantify the achievable secrecy capacity and SOP for the conventional lineof-sight VLC link and show that how the beamforming can determine the optimal placement of the transmitters. We also show that for a given SOP, the proposed optimal placement offers a signal-to-noise ratio gain of up to 6 dB compared to classical methods such as uniform placement of the transmitters. Our numerical results indicate that the proposed optimal LED arrangement can achieve an SOP of 10−10 while the SOP with uniform arrangement is equal to 10−4.
Authored by Mahmoud Mohammadi, Seyed Sadough, Zabih Ghassemlooy
Visible Light Security 2022 - One of the critical components of the extracting and monitoring process in the gas and oil sector is the downhole telemetry system. As sensors resistant to high temperature and pressure have been developed, more parameters can be monitored to increase safety and efficiency. Increased bandwidth demand for downhole communications necessitated the development of a novel, dependable, and low-cost communication network. Visible light communications (VLC) have been suggested in the literature for downhole telemetry systems, since they can address the bandwidth needs thanks to the huge available spectrum. However, the gas types used in the literature so far are not sufficient enough to examine the real field conditions. In this study, after the challenges surrounding the use of VLC in downhole gas pipeline telemetry/monitoring systems are discussed, the performance of VLC is investigated by injecting a large variety of gas into the carbon steel covered gas pipeline, such as methane, and ethane, carbon dioxide. The effectiveness of the VLC system using a non-uniformly clipped optic orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (ACO-OFDM) modulation scheme with 128-FFT and guarding band is experimentally investigated. Furthermore, the impact of the light-emitting diode (LED) colors on a VLC-based downhole telemetry system is also discussed. The measurement results indicate that the color of the LED affects the performance as the dominance of the noise decreases after the 7dB signal-tonoise ratio (SNR) region.
Authored by Hamda Al-Naimi, Gizem Sumen, Albertus Retnanto, Khalid Qaraqe
Visible Light Security 2022 - Wireless-fidelity (Wi-Fi) and Bluetooth are examples of modern wireless communication technologies that employ radio waves as the primary channel for data transmission. but it ought to find alternatives over the limitation and interference in the radio frequency (RF) band. For viable alternatives, visible light communication (VLC) technology comes to play as Light Fidelity (Li-Fi) which uses visible light as a channel for delivering very highspeed communication in a Wi-Fi way. In terms of availability, bandwidth, security and efficiency, Li-Fi is superior than Wi-Fi. In this paper, we present a Li-Fi-based indoor communication system. prototype model has been proposed for single user scenario using visible light portion of electromagnetic spectrum. This system has been designed for audio data communication in between the users in transmitter and receiver sections. LED and photoresistor have been used as optical source and receiver respectively. The electro-acoustic transducer provides the required conversion of electrical-optical signal in both ways. This system might overcome problems like radio-frequency bandwidth scarcity However, its major problem is that it only works when it is pointed directly at the target..
Authored by Alamgir Kabir, Md. Ahammed, Chinmoy Das, Mehedi Kaium, Md. Zardar, Soma Prathibha
Visible Light Security 2022 - We propose a novel security communication scheme for underwater visible light communication (UVLC) based on frequency domain symmetrical zero-padding and phase scrambling. The security key is a logistic mapping generated by chaos mapping. Robust security performance is experimentally demonstrated by a PAM-8 modulated UVLC system over 1.2m underwater transmission link. The maximum data rate can be achieved at 2.025Gb/s under 7\% hard decision forward error correction (HD-FEC) limit of 3.8×10−3, clearly verifying the feasibility of the proposed scheme as a promising solution in future UVLC system.
Authored by Zhilan Lu, Wenqing Niu, Nan Chi
Visible Light Security 2022 - Visible light communication (VLC) is a shortrange wireless optical communication that can transmit data by switching lighting elements at high speeds in indoor areas. In common areas, VLC can provide data security at every layer of communication by using physical layer security (PLS) techniques as well as existing cryptography-based techniques. In the literature, PLS techniques have generally been studied for monochrome VLC systems, and multicolor VLC studies are quite limited. In this study, to the best of authors’ knowledge, null steering (NS) and artificial noise (AN), which are widely used PLS methods, have been applied to multi-colored LEDbased VLC systems for the first time in the literature and the achievable secrecy rate has been calculated.
Authored by Besra Çetindere, Cenk Albayrak, Kadir Türk
Visible light communication (VLC) is a short-range wireless optical communication that can transmit data by switching lighting elements at high speeds in indoor areas. In common areas, VLC can provide data security at every layer of communication by using physical layer security (PLS) techniques as well as existing cryptography-based techniques. In the literature, PLS techniques have generally been studied for monochrome VLC systems, and multicolor VLC studies are quite limited. In this study, to the best of authors’ knowledge, null steering (NS) and artificial noise (AN), which are widely used PLS methods, have been applied to multi-colored LED-based VLC systems for the first time in the literature and the achievable secrecy rate has been calculated.
Authored by Besra Çetindere, Cenk Albayrak, Kadir Türk
Wireless-fidelity (Wi-Fi) and Bluetooth are examples of modern wireless communication technologies that employ radio waves as the primary channel for data transmission. but it ought to find alternatives over the limitation and interference in the radio frequency (RF) band. For viable alternatives, visible light communication (VLC) technology comes to play as Light Fidelity (Li-Fi) which uses visible light as a channel for delivering very high-speed communication in a Wi-Fi way. In terms of availability, bandwidth, security and efficiency, Li-Fi is superior than Wi-Fi. In this paper, we present a Li-Fi-based indoor communication system. prototype model has been proposed for single user scenario using visible light portion of electromagnetic spectrum. This system has been designed for audio data communication in between the users in transmitter and receiver sections. LED and photoresistor have been used as optical source and receiver respectively. The electro-acoustic transducer provides the required conversion of electrical-optical signal in both ways. This system might overcome problems like radio-frequency bandwidth scarcity However, its major problem is that it only works when it is pointed directly at the target.
Authored by Alamgir Kabir, Md. Ahammed, Chinmoy Das, Mehedi Kaium, Md. Zardar, Soma Prathibha
The expanding streaming culture of large amounts of data, as well as the requirement for faster and more reliable data transport systems, necessitates the development of innovative communication technologies such as Visible Light Communication (VLC). Nonetheless, incorporating VLC into next-generation networks is challenging due to technological restrictions such as air absorption, shadowing, and beam dispersion. One technique for addressing some of the challenges is to use the multiple input multiple output (MIMO) technique, which involves the simultaneous transmission of data from several sources, hence increasing data rate. In this work, the data transmission performance of the MIMO-VLC system is evaluated using a variety of factors such as distance from the source, data bit rate, and modulation method.
Authored by Maha Sliti
Over earlier years of huge technical developments, the need for a communication system has risen tremendously. Inrecent times, public realm interaction has been a popular area, hence the research group is emphasizing the necessity of quick and efficient broadband speeds, as well as upgraded security protocols. The main objective of this project work is to combine conventional Li-Fi and VLC techniques for video communication. VLC is helping to deliver fast data speeds, bandwidth efficiency, and a relatively secure channel of communication. Li-Fi is an inexpensive wireless communication (WC) system. Li-Fi can transmit information (text, audio, and video) to any electronic device via the LEDs that are positioned in the space to provide lighting. Li-Fi provides more advantages than Wi-Fi, such as security, high efficiency, speed, throughput, and low latency. The information can be transferred based on the flash property of the LED. Communication is accomplished by turning on and off LED lights at a faster pace than the human visual system can detect.
Authored by G Hussain, M Shruthe, S Rithanyaa, Saravana Madasamy, Nandagopal Velu
In the near future, the high data rate challenge would not be possible by using the radio frequency (RF) only. As the user will increase, the network traffic will increase proportionally. Visible light communication (VLC) is a good solution to support huge number of indoor users. VLC has high data rate over RF communication. The way internet users are increasing, we have to think over VLC technology. Not only the data rate is a concern but also its security, cost, and reliability have to be considered for a good communication network. Quantum technology makes a great impact on communication and computing in both areas. Quantum communication technology has the ability to support better channel capacity, higher security, and lower latency. This paper combines the quantum technology over the existing VLC and compares the performance between quantum visible light communication performance (QVLC) over the existing VLC system. Research findings clearly show that the performance of QVLC is better than the existing VLC system.
Authored by Syed Hasan, Mostafa Chowdhury, Md. Saiam
Visible light communication (VLC) is an important alternative and/or complementary technology for next generation indoor wireless broadband communication systems. In order to ensure data security for VLC in public areas, many studies in literature consider physical layer security (PLS). These studies generally neglect the reflections in the VLC channel and assume no inter symbol interference (ISI). However, increasing the data transmission rate causes ISI. In addition, even if the power of the reflections is small compared to the line of sight (LoS) components, it can affect the secrecy rate in a typical indoor VLC system. In this study, we investigate the effects of ISI and reflected channel components on secrecy rate in multiple-input single-output (MISO) VLC scenario utilized null-steering (NS) and artificial noise (AN) PLS techniques.
Authored by Cenk Albayrak, Hüseyin Arslan, Kadir Türk
To achieve secure uplink communication from smartphones’ screen to a telephoto camera at a long distance of 3.5 meters, we demonstrate that low-luminance space division multiplexing screen is effective in enhancement of the physical layer security. First, a numerical model shows that the spatial inter-symbol interference caused by space division multiplexing prevents eavesdropping from a wide angle by the camera. Second, wide-angle characteristics of the symbol error rate and the pixel value distribution are measured to verify the numerical analysis. We experimentally evaluate the difference in the performances from a wide angle depending on the screen luminance and color. We also evaluate the performances at a long distance in front of the screen and a short distance from a wider angle.
Authored by Alisa Kawade, Wataru Chujo, Kentaro Kobayashi
Wrist-worn devices enable access to essential information and they are suitable for a wide range of applications, such as gesture and activity recognition. Wrist-worn devices require appropriate technologies when used in sensitive areas, overcoming vulnerabilities in regard to security and privacy. In this work, we propose an approach to recognize wrist rotation by utilizing Visible Light Communication (VLC) that is enabled by low-cost LEDs in an indoor environment. In this regard, we address the channel model of a VLC communicating wristband (VLCcw) in terms of the following factors. The directionality and the spectral composition of the light and the corresponding spectral sensitivity and the directional characteristics of the utilized photodiode (PD). We verify our VLCcw from the simulation environment by a small-scale experimental setup. Then, we analyze the system when white and RGBW LEDs are used. In addition, we optimized the VLCcw system by adding more receivers for the purpose of reducing the number of LEDs on VLCcw. Our results show that the proposed approach generates a feasible real-world simulation environment.
Authored by Saman Zahiri-Rad, Ziad Salem, Andreas Weiss, Erich Leitgeb
The Sixth Generation (6G) is currently under development and it is a planned successor of the Fifth Generation (5G). It is a new wireless communication technology expected to have a greater coverage area, significant fast and a higher data rate. The aim of this paper is to examine the literature on challenges and possible solutions of 6G's security, privacy and trust. It uses the systematic literature review technique by searching five research databases for search engines which are precise keywords like “6G,” “6G Wireless communication,” and “sixth generation”. The latter produced a total of 1856 papers, then the security, privacy and trust issues of the 6G wireless communication were extracted. Two security issues, the artificial intelligence and visible light communication, were apparent. In conclusion, there is a need for new paradigms that will provide a clear 6G security solutions.
Authored by Mulumba Gracia, Vusumuzi Malele, Sphiwe Ndlovu, Topside Mathonsi, Lebogang Maaka, Tonderai Muchenje