An Architecture for Multimedia Transmission Through Infrared Light Communications in Consumer Electronics Environments: First Results

Interconnection among consumer electronics products is of paramount importance, mainly due to the advent of home networks and a myriad of devices and services. In addition, when video is involved, which is common in most homes, wide bandwidth is necessary, due to content resolution. In that sense, an interesting approach is to provide connection through light links, whose spectrum is unregulated and presents abundant bandwidth. The present article addresses such a problem and proposes an infrared-light-based architecture for transmission of multimedia content in consumer electronics environments. The obtained initial results showed its effectiveness, with transmission distances exceeding 5m.