Device and mechanism for automatic VLC-lamp selection

A method for pairing a terminal with a docking station comprising a plurality of photoreceptors and a plurality of light sources interjacent with the photoreceptors, the plurality of photoreceptors and the plurality of light sources being suitable for visible light communication, the method being performed by the docking station and comprising, in response to a portion of the plurality of photoreceptors of the docking station receiving a light signal from at least one light source of a visible light communication interface of the terminal and the terminal being not paired with the docking station:

• obtaining an initialization signal comprising an identification of said portion of the plurality of photoreceptors,
• selecting, among the plurality of light sources of the docking station, a portion of the plurality of light sources in immediate proximity to said portion of the plurality of photoreceptors, on the basis of said identification,
• ordering an emission of a pairing signal by said portion of the plurality of light sources,
• obtaining a response signal, indicative of a signal emitted by said visible light communication interface of said terminal in response to the emission of the pairing signal and received by said portion of the plurality of photoreceptors of the docking station, and
• ordering a pairing of said terminal with said portion of the plurality of photoreceptors of the docking station and with said portion of the plurality of light sources of the docking station, on the basis of the response signal.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a computer program stored thereon comprising instructions for implementing a pairing method, when said instructions are executed by a processor of a communication device, wherein the method comprises:

• pairing a terminal with a docking station comprising a plurality of photoreceptors and a plurality of light sources interjacent with the photoreceptors, the plurality of photoreceptors and the plurality of light sources being suitable for visible light communication, the pairing comprising, in response to a portion of the plurality of photoreceptors of the docking station receiving a light signal from at least one light source of a visible light communication interface of the terminal and the terminal being not paired with the docking station:
• obtaining an initialization signal comprising an identification of said portion of the plurality of photoreceptors,
• selecting, among the plurality of light sources of the docking station, a portion of the plurality of light sources in immediate proximity to said portion of the plurality of photoreceptors, on the basis of said identification,
• ordering an emission of a pairing signal by said portion of the plurality of light sources,
• obtaining a response signal, indicative of a signal emitted by said visible light communication interface of said terminal in response to the emission of the pairing signal and received by said portion of the plurality of photoreceptors of the docking station, and
• ordering a pairing of said terminal with said portion of the plurality of photoreceptors of the docking station and with said portion of the plurality of light sources of the docking station, on the basis of the response signal.