TDoA based indoor visible light positioning systems

Abstract

In this paper, we propose an indoor positioning system in which the visible light radiated from LEDs is used to locate the position of receiver. Compared to current indoor positioning systems using LED light, our system has the advantages of simple implementation, low cost and high accuracy. In our system, a single photo diode (PD) receives pilot signals from LED panels on the ceiling. Then the time differences of arrival (TDOA) of these pilot signals are used to estimate the position of the receiver. Our proposed sytem is simulated in the room measuring 5×5×3m <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sup> with considering effect of noises such as shot noise, thermal noise, and noise caused by the reflected light from the walls. The simulation result shows that our system can achieve a high estimation accuracy of 3.6cm in average.