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Deployment of Li-Fi in indoor positioning systems

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The number of connected devices is rapidly increasing and the radio spectrum is not enough, but the visible light spectrum is broad enough to accommodate all the devices. Radio waves cause signal distortion which harms the efficiency of the system, but light rays are less prone to signal distortion. The purpose of this research is to establish efficient Li-Fi one-way communication and to derive a mathematical formula for finding exact coordinates of the object by utilizing some 3D geometrical concepts. The proposed model in this paper is responsible for finding the exact coordinates of the object irrespective of the physical architecture of the indoor area. This research uses only 10 bytes of data packet size for accurate positioning in an area that can accommodate more than 1000 transmitters. The accuracy received in indoor positioning using the mathematical formulas prescribed here is up to 6 cm, which is a benchmark in the field of indoor positioning.

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  1. Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, India

    Bibhuti Panda, Harshvardhan Beria & Chittaranjan Pradhan

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Panda, B., Beria, H. & Pradhan, C. Deployment of Li-Fi in indoor positioning systems. Int. j. inf. tecnol. 13, 123–130 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41870-020-00485-x

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