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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2010
Hong-seok Shin, Yongin-si, KR;
Dae-kwang Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
Jeong-seok Choi, Yongin-si, KR;
Kyung-woo Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Sung-bum Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae-hun Cho, Yongin-si, KR;
Hong-Seok Shin, Yongin-si, KR;
Dae-Kwang Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
Jeong-Seok Choi, Yongin-si, KR;
Kyung-Woo Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Sung-Bum Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae-Hun Cho, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Abstract
A Visible Light Communication (VLC) method in a VLC terminal, in which the VLC terminal requests initial access to an Access Point (AP) on a selected mini-slot among a plurality of mini-slots constituting a control slot, based on control information in a frame, sends an association request to the AP on an allocated uplink time slot, if the uplink time slot allocated to correspond to the selected mini-slot exists in control information in a next frame, and transmits data at a data rate appointed to the VLC terminal included in control information in the current frame using an association Identifier (ID) included in a response received in reply to the association request and the allocated uplink time slot.