Indoor positioning algorithm using light-emitting diode visible light communications

Zhou Zhou; Mohsen Kavehrad; Peng Deng

doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.8.085009

14 August 2012 Indoor positioning algorithm using light-emitting diode visible light communications

Zhou Zhou, Mohsen Kavehrad, Peng Deng

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 51, Issue 8, 085009 (August 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.8.085009

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel indoor positioning algorithm using visible light communications (VLC). The algorithm is implemented by preinstalled light-emitting diode illumination systems. It recovers the VLC channel features from illuminating visible light and estimates receiver locations by analytically solving the Lambertian transmission equation group. According to our research, the algorithm is able to provide positioning resolution higher than 0.5 mm, in a practical indoor environment. The performance significantly exceeds conventional indoor positioning approaches using microwaves.

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Zhou Zhou, Mohsen Kavehrad, and Peng Deng "Indoor positioning algorithm using light-emitting diode visible light communications," Optical Engineering 51(8), 085009 (14 August 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.8.085009

Published: 14 August 2012

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