A new location system for an underground mining environment using visible light communications

Daniel Iturralde (1) , Cesar Azurdia-Meza (1) , Nicolas Krommenacker (2) , Ismael Soto (1) , Zabih Ghassemlooy (3) , Nestor Becerra (1)

1 USACH - Universidad de Santiago de Chile [Santiago]
2 CRAN - Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy
3 Northumbria University [Newcastle]

In this paper we introduce a novel localization algorithm based on visible light communications (VLC) and the trilateration technique. The new algorithm can be used for tracking people or machinery in an underground mining environment. The proposed method utilizes the concept of reference points in order to reduce the location estimation error. The proposed algorithm outperforms the LANDMARC (location identification based on dynamic active radio frequency identification (RFID) calibration) algorithm, which uses RFID tags to determine the location of an object, in terms of the location estimation error.

Mots clés: Indoor positioning system; LANDMARC algorithm; Trilateration technique; Visible Light Communications

Domaines: Sciences de l'information et de la communication

Daniel Iturralde, Cesar Azurdia-Meza, Nicolas Krommenacker, Ismael Soto, Zabih Ghassemlooy, et al.. A new location system for an underground mining environment using visible light communications. 9th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Signal Processing, CSNDSP'2014, Jul 2014, Manchester, United Kingdom. ⟨10.1109/CSNDSP.2014.6924006⟩. ⟨hal-01093375⟩