Visible Light Communications (VLC) represent an emerging technology which uses the solid state visible light to provide wireless data transfer as an addition function to lighting. In vehicular applications, the use of VLC is motivated by the wide deployment of LED sources in traffic lights, street lighting and vehicle lighting systems, ensuring the technology a widespread distribution at an efficient cost. Recent studies indicate that communication of safety data between vehicles or between vehicles and traffic infrastructures provide the means to considerably improve the safety and efficiency of the road transportation system. Although there is a high potential, the early state of VLC and the numerous challenges arise reliability questions regarding the suitability of the technology in automotive applications.
In this context, this project aims at developing, implementing, and experimentally test a high-performance VLC system aimed for vehicle safety applications, focused on providing the optimal tradeoff between robustness to optical noise, communication distances and able to support the mobility imposed by the usage in vehicular applications. So, unlike most of the existing works which investigate this issues by analytical and by simulation means, this project proposal is focused on a product-orientated approach, with VLC prototypes tested on real vehicles and in mobile conditions, contributing this way to the deployment of this technology.
Project director
Alin M. Căilean (alinc@eed.usv.ro) received a B.S. degree in
Electrical Engineering (2009) and a M.S. in Computer and Communication Networks
(2011) from the University of Suceava, Suceava, Romania. He received his PhD
(2014) after a joint program between the University of Versailles St. Quentin
en Yvelines, France and the University of Suceava, Suceava, Romania. Currently,
he is researcher at University of Suceava. Romania and at Paris-Saclay
University, France. His research is focused on visible light communications,
wireless optical communications and vehicle safety applications. Dr. Căilean is
the author of more than 40 journal articles and conference papers, most of them
being focused on the use of the visible light communications technology in
vehicle safety applications. He has strong expertise
in automotive VLC systems, signal processing, adaptive systems, project
management.
Asistent cercetare
Sebastian-Andrei AVĂTĂMĂNIȚEI has a degree in Applied Electronic Engineering (2013). He later studied for a master's degree in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. After a three-year stint for Continental Automotive Systems, the exterior lighting division, but also as part of the development and testing teams for BMW, he is currently pursuing his PhD in vehicle VLC applications, contributing to our team with his vast automotive industry experience. He has strong experience in vehicle lighting systems, automotive VLC systems, signal processing, electronics, 3D design and experimental testing. He is (co) author of 18 articles and papers at conferences in the VLC area. Further details can be found by accessing the links attached to each member of the C2C-VLC development, implementation and testing team.
Asistent cercetare
Eduard ZADOBRISCHI has a B.S. degree in Computer
Science (2014) and a M.S. degree in Computer Science and Engineering (2016). He
worked for Xerox, and later switched to IT4Each, a Belgian hardware and
software service provider for clients such as Sertius, Enhesa, Vlassenroot or
W3Chocolate. He worked in software and automation departments production lines by
remote control from partner factories of companies in the automotive industry.
Currently, he pursuits his PhD focused on the integration of the VLC technology
in road safety and traffic management systems. He has solid knowledge in the
automotive field: communications, intelligent systems, 3D design, control and
management of ECU, ECM, TCM, web programming. He is (co)author of 16 journal
and conference articles in the field of automotive VLC applications.
Prof.univ. Dr. Mihai Dimian – University of Suceava, Romania,
Our active collaborators are:
Research Assistant
Catalin Beguni – University
of Suceava
Dr. Adrian Done – University of Suceava
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