Optical Wireless Communications for Underwater Monitoring and Smart Indoor Farming Applications

  1. Dowhuszko, Alexis A. 7
  2. Rodrigues, Luis 2
  3. Alves, Luis Nero 2
  4. Cespedes, Máximo Morales 1
  5. Matus, Vicente 2
  6. Perez-Jimenez, Rafael 6
  7. Rufo, Julio 3
  8. Romano, Alessandro 4
  9. Vegni, Anna Maria 4
  10. Ijeh, Ikenna Chinazaekpere 5
  1. 1 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid,Department of Signal Theory and Communications,Spain
  2. 2 Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Universidade de Aveiro,Dept. Electronica, Telecomunicacoes e Informatica,Portugal
  3. 3 Universidad de La Laguna
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    Universidad de La Laguna

    San Cristobal de La Laguna, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01r9z8p25

  4. 4 Electronics and Mechanical Engineering Roma Tre University,Department of Industrial,Italy
  5. 5 Alex Ekwueme Federal University,Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Ndufu-Alike Ikwo,Nigeria
  6. 6 Inst. for Technological Development and Innovation in Commun., Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,Spain
  7. 7 Aalto University,Department of Information and Communications Engineering,Finland
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Proceedings:
2023 IEEE 9th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT)

Year of publication: 2023

Type: Conference paper

DOI: 10.1109/WF-IOT58464.2023.10539392 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

Abstract

Climate change and the activities of humans are putting constant pressure on ecosystems around the globe. Without notable changes in the linear systems for production and consumption, the growing demand for natural resources will lead to serious impacts on the planet. In this context, Optical Wireless Communications (OWC), a technology that relies on electromagnetic signals in a much higher frequency band than radio communications, has been identified as a competitive solution to enable IoT connectivity in applications related to the Cluster 6 - Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment of the Horizon Europe program (2021–2027). In this paper, we present an overview of two IoT applications in which OWC can make a difference with respect to radio, which are underwater monitoring and smart indoor farming. The intrinsic advantages of using light signals for IoT connectivity are discussed, including the challenges to be faced for its massive adoption. This paper elaborates in further detail the discussion that has been summarized in the OWC roadmap that NEWFOCUS COST Action 19111 has been recently releasing

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