Brief Description
VLC based indoor positioning system is called NLoS-VICINITY, which is an acronym for “Non-Line of Sight Approach for Visible Light Communication based Indoor PosITioning System”. With the rapid development of wireless communication technologies, positioning the person inside a building and providing various indoor location-based services have gradually penetrated in our daily life. Radio Frequency (RF) based positioning techniques such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Bluetooth and Wi-Fi play a major role in indoor spaces since GPS is unreliable in interior spaces due to attenuation faced by satellite signals. But RF based solutions require additional devices to position the user which in turn increases the infrastructure cost. In order to address this problem, a novel solution using Non-Line of Sight (NLoS) approach has been developed to position the user in an indoor environment using VLC. Such a solution is ideal for Smart Proximity Advertising and Location based services.
Use Cases
- Smart Proximity Advertising
- Location Based Services
Salient Features
- Non Line of Sight (NLoS)
- Smart Phone based User Positioning
- User Friendly
Contact Details
Dhivya G
dhivyag@cdac.in