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

Author

Iturralde, Daniel ; Azurdia-Meza, Cesar ; Krommenacker, Nicolas ; Soto, Ismael ; Ghassemlooy, Zabih ; Becerra, Nestor

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile

fYear

2014

fDate

23-25 July 2014

Firstpage

1165

Lastpage

1169

Abstract

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.

Keywords

indoor communication; object tracking; optical communication; underground communication; LANDMARC; VLC; localization algorithm; location estimation error; location identification based on dynamic active radio frequency identification calibration; machinery tracking; people tracking; reference points; trilateration technique; underground mining environment; visible light communications; Adaptive optics; Estimation error; Heuristic algorithms; Light emitting diodes; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Radiofrequency identification; LANDMARC algorithm; indoor positioning system; trilateration technique; visible light communications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), 2014 9th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Manchester

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSNDSP.2014.6924006

Filename

6924006