The technological link to the communications service of an isolated rural population using the Visible Light Communication

The purpose of this work is to present the results of the financial prospecting and the social, cultural and educational impact of a project through the use of solar panels and LED technology that work in the visible light spectrum, whose implementation would favor the improvement of quality of life of the inhabitants of the original communities of an isolated area of the Province of San Juan, Argentina, Photovoltaic energy not only allows lighting and the possibility of using appliances, but also access LIFI technology that offers a possible solution to the problem of communications in a community that has few services that do not have access to the Internet, nor do they have telephony mobile and whose only communication is the provincial radio network provided by the government and that has its connection in the only school that exists in the place. Interviews were conducted with the inhabitants of the place to gather information on the expenses they must make to access different education, health, production, marketing services and other procedures for what should be moved to the capital of the province or the main city of the department of Caucete. The installation of a transceiver that allows the transmission of data is proposed, thus favoring the concretion of the activities, corresponding to each service, necessary for the development of the productive life of the community, in less time, with lower expenses and achieving greater efficiency.

I. Introduction

The motivation of this project is to look for an alternative, through LIFI technology, installing a device to improve communication difficulties that present problems in a community located in the town of Las Liebres, Caucete, San Juan,Argentine, whose geographical location, 300 km from the capital of the country. San Juan province generates great isolation due to transportation difficulties and poor media. They only have a radio located in the school and that belongs to the communication network of the provincial government and since they do not have cell phone or Internet connection, as it could be verified, through the diagnosis made.This could generate in the short and medium term different impacts on educational, sociocultural, health and production activities of the inhabitants of the area, improving communications.