An experimental evaluation and prototyping for visible light communication

As the research community is moving toward 5G technology, it is important to keep up this growth by developing new technologies and mechanisms that fulfill its requirements such as spectrum availability, wireless connectivity and coverage. Visible Light Communication (VLC) has been proposed as an efficient way of utilizing the visible wireless spectrum for proving lightning and carrying information utilizing the highly available visible spectrum. In this paper, an experimental evaluation and prototyping are presented utilizing off-the-shelf electronic components and the Telecommunications Instructional Modelling System (TIMS), which is a flexible modelling and prototyping technique widely used for building communication systems. The proposed prototypes are supported by a survey that was conducted among engineering students to get their feedback in regards to VLC, TIMS and 5G technologies. The aim of this paper is to provide the means to pave the way toward educating the students and new technology adopters concerning VLC along with facilitating its deployment.