Inter-frame gap compensation and data rate enhancement in image sensor communications using constant-power PAM

In this paper, a new Image Sensor Communication (ISC) scheme using 4-PAM is introduced. A Constant-Power 4-PAM is employed to replace the binary OOK in order to enhance the data rate. Besides, a simple data packet structure for efficient compensation of inter-frame gap is proposed. We showed that this scheme could achieve a much high data rate, more than 2.6 times of the existing schemes. These results are demonstrated by simulations and experiments.