Bi-directional VLC LED-assisted navigation system for large indoor environments

M. Vieira; M. A. Vieira; P. Louro; A. Fantoni; P. Vieira

doi:10.1117/12.2526504

3 October 2019 Bi-directional VLC LED-assisted navigation system for large indoor environments

M. Vieira, M. A. Vieira, P. Louro, A. Fantoni, P. Vieira

Proceedings Volume 11207, Fourth International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics; 112070D (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2526504
Event: IV International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics (AOP 2019), 2019, Lisbon, Portugal

Abstract

In this paper, a LED-assisted positioning and navigation VLC system is proposed. A VLC scenario for large environments is stablished, the emitters and receivers are characterized and the communication protocol presented. Different layouts are analyzed. Square and hexagonal meshes are tested and a 2D localization design, demonstrated by a prototype implementation, is presented. The key differences between both topologies are discussed. For both, the transmitted information, indoor position, motion direction as well as bi-directional communication are determined. The results showed that the LED-aided VLC navigation system make possible to determine the position of a mobile target inside the network, to infer the travel direction along the time and to interact with information received.

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M. Vieira, M. A. Vieira, P. Louro, A. Fantoni, and P. Vieira "Bi-directional VLC LED-assisted navigation system for large indoor environments", Proc. SPIE 11207, Fourth International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 112070D (3 October 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2526504

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