APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERFERENCE MITIGATION AND CHANNEL SELECTION FOR VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION

摘要

A device connection, interference mitigation, and channel selection method for use in a visible light communication (VLC) network and a device therefor are disclosed. The method includes performing transmission on all channels of one of the plurality of supported color channels of the first device to estimate the ambient interference in each supported color channel. The method also includes receiving a transmission to at least some of the supported color channels, wherein the number of receiving color channels is less than or equal to the number of supported color channels. The method further includes calculating a channel quality index for each of the received color channels. The method further comprises selecting at least one channel to be used as a communication channel from among the receiving color channels of the first device. The method also includes reporting at least one communication channel to a second device in the VLC network. In certain embodiments, the method includes setting protected color channels for each of the supported color channels.