An in-Depth Survey of Visible Light Communication Based Positioning Systems

TLDR

Visible light communication is emerging as a leading wireless technology, and VLC‑based positioning is poised to become a standard approach, yet few comprehensive surveys exist despite numerous studies. This paper presents an in-depth survey of VLC‑based positioning systems. The survey compiles over 100 papers, classifying them by positioning algorithms, receiver types, and multiplexing techniques, and discusses current issues and research trends.

Abstract

While visible light communication (VLC) has become the candidate for the wireless technology of the 21st century due to its inherent advantages, VLC based positioning also has a great chance of becoming the standard approach to positioning. Within the last few years, many studies on VLC based positioning have been published, but there are not many survey works in this field. In this paper, an in-depth survey of VLC based positioning systems is provided. More than 100 papers ranging from pioneering papers to the state-of-the-art in the field were collected and classified based on the positioning algorithms, the types of receivers, and the multiplexing techniques. In addition, current issues and research trends in VLC based positioning are discussed.