Single LED ceiling lamp based indoor positioning system

Ayesha Naz, Naveed Ul Hassan, Muhammad Adeel Pasha, Hafiz Asif, Tariq M. Jadoon, Chau Yuen

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a novel visible light communication (VLC) based indoor positioning system (IPS) for Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications. In such systems, to minimize the harmful flickering effects due to intensity modulation of LED lamps, our proposed design only requires a single LED ceiling lamp and multiple photodiodes (PDs) at the receiver. We propose an ON/OFF switching frequency pattern of our single LED ceiling lamp that allows the use of time difference of arrival (TDOA) based positioning algorithm. The localization accuracy achieved by our proposed design is very high and the error in the estimated position of a receiver is only few millimeters (mm). This performance is comparable to the IPS systems that rely on multiple LED lamps. We also consider different arrangements of photodiodes at the receiver. Simulation results reveal that in terms of localization accuracy, circular arrangement of PDs outperforms all other considered configurations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE World Forum on Internet of Things, WF-IoT 2018 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages682-687
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781467399449
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 4 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event4th IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things, WF-IoT 2018 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: Feb 5 2018Feb 8 2018

Publication series

NameIEEE World Forum on Internet of Things, WF-IoT 2018 - Proceedings
Volume2018-January

Conference

Conference4th IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things, WF-IoT 2018
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period2/5/182/8/18

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Information Systems and Management
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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