Patent ID: 9722701
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W,H05B

Claim:
1. A method for use in a visible light communication (VLC) device for discovery and association with a VLC infrastructure node, the method comprising: receiving a beacon frame from the VLC infrastructure node; transmitting an association request to the VLC infrastructure node, wherein the association request includes an indication of physical (PHY) layer capabilities of the VLC device, an indication of medium access control (MAC) layer capabilities of the VLC device and dimming support information for indicating whether the VLC device is capable of supporting dimming, wherein dimming includes: determining a data duty cycle for data transmissions based on a brightness level; and determining a filler luminance value, based on the brightness level, to be alternated with the data transmissions; and receiving an association response from the VLC infrastructure node, wherein the association response includes information for use in communicating with the VLC infrastructure node.