Vehicular Ad hoc network using Visible Light Communication with Image Sensor Receiver

• Project/Area Number: 15K06080
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Communication/Network engineering
• Research Institution: Chiba Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: KAMAKURA Koji 千葉工業大学, 情報科学部, 教授 (60344967)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
• Keywords: 可視光通信 / イメージセンサ / 赤外線通信 / 発光ダイオード（LED） / フレームレート / 高度道路交通システム / VLC / アドホックネットワーク / ITS / 時空間符号化 / LED / 階層的符号化 / 二次元通信路

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, in visible light communication which receives data transmitted from traffic lights and car light emitting diodes (LEDs) with an image sensor provided in a high speed camera, a code for expanding the communication range In a future VLC environment in which high-speed camera receivers operating at different frame rates coexist, a transmission/reception system that accommodates information sequences of different transmission rates with one transmitter was established. We further developed two elemental technologies that we believe are necessary for establishing a new two-dimensional communication path applicable to an intelligent transportation system.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Simplified vehicle vibration modeling for image sensor communication (2018)
  • Author(s): Masayuki Kinoshita, Takaya Yamazato, Hiraku Okada, Toshiaki Fujii, Shintaro Arai, Tomohiro Yendo, and Koji Kamakura
  • Journal Title: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences Volume: E101-A Pages: 176-184
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Spatial Modulation for Layered Space-Time Coding Used in Image-Sensor-Based Visible Light Communication (2017)
  • Author(s): Kibe Syuto、Kamakura Koji、Yamazato Takaya
  • Journal Title: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communication Volume: E100-B Pages: 932-940
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Image Sensors Meet LEDs (2017)
  • Author(s): Kamakura Koji
  • Journal Title: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communication Volume: E100-B Pages: 917-925
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A New Automotive VLC System Using Optical Communication Image Sensor (2016)
  • Author(s): Yuki Goto, Isamu Takai, Takaya Yamazato, Hiraku Okada, Toshiaki Fujii, Shoji Kawahito, Shintaro Arai, Tomohiro Yendo, Koji Kamakura
  • Journal Title: IEEE Photonics Journal Volume: 8 Issue: 3 Pages: 1-17
  • DOI: 10.1109/jphot.2016.2555582
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] 高速度カメラとLED交通信号機を用いた路車間可視光通信システムにおける通信速度の向上 (2016)
  • Author(s): 岩瀨大吾，笠井信，圓道知博，荒井伸太郎，山里敬也，岡田啓，鎌倉浩嗣，藤井俊彰
  • Journal Title: 電子情報通信学会論文誌 Volume: J99-B Pages: 97-104
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] イメージセンサを用いた可視光通信におけるAlamouti型時空間符号化 (2015)
  • Author(s): 天野裕太, 鎌倉浩嗣, 山里敬也,
  • Journal Title: 電子情報通信学会論文誌 Volume: J98-B
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] LEDと高速度カメラを用いた可視光通信における劣化画像からの信号復号手法 (2015)
  • Author(s): 大平祐生, 荒井伸太郎, 圓道知博, 山里敬也, 岡田啓, 藤井俊彰, 鎌倉浩嗣
  • Journal Title: 電子情報通信学会論文誌 Volume: J98-B
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] ehicle motion and pixel illumination modeling for image sensor based visible light communication (2015)
  • Author(s): Takaya Yamazato, Masayuki Kinoshita, Shintaro Arai, Eisho Souke, Tomohiro Yendo, Toshiaki Fujii, Koji Kamakura, and Hiraku~Okada
  • Journal Title: IEEE J. Select. Areas Commun. Volume: 33 Pages: 1793-1805
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Layered Transmission of Space-Time Coded Signals for Image-Sensor-Based Visible Light Communications (2015)
  • Author(s): Katsunori Ebihara, Koji Kamakura, and Takaya Yamazato
  • Journal Title: IEEE/OSA J. Lightwave Technol. Volume: 33 Pages: 4193-4206
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] N-Stream Superimposed System with m-Point DFT for Image-Sensor-Based Visible Light Communication (2017)
  • Author(s): Syuto Kibe, Koji Kamakura, and Takaya Yamazato
  • Organizer: 2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM2017)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Modulation and Coding for Visible Light Communication with Image sensors (2017)
  • Author(s): Koji Kamakura
  • Organizer: 7TH IEEE GLOBECOM WORKSHOP ON OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Position estimation of LED matrix in image sensor communication (2016)
  • Author(s): Takazumi Asai, Tomohiro Yendo, Shintaro Arai, Takaya Yamazato, Hiraku Okada, Toshiaki Fujii, Koji Kamakura
  • Organizer: Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA) 2016
  • Place of Presentation: Jeju, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2016-12-13
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Spatial modulation in layered space-time coding for image-sensor-based visible light communication (2016)
  • Author(s): Keisuke Masuda, Koji Kamakura, Takaya Yamazato
  • Organizer: IEEE 27th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC)
  • Place of Presentation: Valencia, Spain
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-04
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Range estimation scheme for integrated I2V-VLC using a high-speed image sensor (2016)
  • Author(s): T. Yamazato, A. Ohmura, H. Okada, T. Fujii, T. Yendo, S. Arai, K. Kamakura
  • Organizer: IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC) 2016
  • Place of Presentation: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Year and Date: 2016-05-23
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Novel demodulation scheme based on blurred images for image-sensor-based visible light communication (2015)
  • Author(s): Yuki Ohira, Shintaro Arai, Tomohiro Yendo, Takaya Yamazato, Hiraku Okada, Toshiaki Fujii, and Koji Kamakura
  • Organizer: 2015 GLOBECOM Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego, CA, USA
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-06
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Tracking of LED headlights considering NLOS for an image sensor based V2I-VLC (2015)
  • Author(s): Yuta Kawai, Takaya Yamazato, Hiraku Okada, Toshiaki Fujii, Tomohiro Yendo, Shintaro Arai, and Koji Kamakura
  • Organizer: International Conference and Exhibition on Visible Light Communications 2015 (ICEVLC2015)
  • Place of Presentation: 慶應義塾大学日吉キャンパス（神奈川県横浜市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-25
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Additional bit transmission using space modulation in layered space time coded visible light communications (2015)
  • Author(s): Daiki Tanimoto, Koji Kamakura, and Takaya Yamazato
  • Organizer: International Conference and Exhibition on Visible Light Communications 2015 (ICEVLC2015)
  • Place of Presentation: 慶應義塾大学日吉キャンパス（神奈川県横浜市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-25
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Layered Space-Time Coding Using LED Array for Image-Sensor-Based Visible Light Communications (2015)
  • Author(s): Katsunori Ebihara, Koji Kamakura, and Takaya Yamazato
  • Organizer: IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC2015)
  • Place of Presentation: London, UK
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-08
  • Int'l Joint Research