Optical wireless communication transceiver system

Abstract

The invention relates to an Optical Wireless Communication, OWC, transceiver system (), comprising: an optical receiver () with at least a photodetector and a Trans-Impedance Amplifier, TIA, for amplifying the signal from the at least one photodetector, and a two-dimensional array of optical transmitters () each having an individual transmitter field-of-view, and corresponding drivers, the two-dimensional array arranged to create a combined transmitter field of view that is larger than the individual transmitter field of view, the plurality of optical transmitters arranged such that optical axes of the plurality of optical transmitters are evenly distributed within the combined transmitter field of view; a baseband unit () configured to modulate outgoing data for transmission and to demodulate incoming data of the optical receiver (); a beacon generator configured to generate beacons for output by each respective one of the plurality of optical transmitters, wherein the beacon of a respective one of the plurality of optical transmitters comprises an attribute uniquely identifying the respective optical transmitter; a controller () configured, to select which of the plurality of optical transmitters in addition to its beacon also transmits the outgoing data.