Characterization of Multipath Effects in Indoor Positioning Systems by AoA and PoA Based on Optical Signals
In this paper, we characterize and measure the effects of the errors introduced by the multipath when obtaining the position of an agent by means of Indoor Positioning Systems (IPS) based on optical signal. These effects are characterized in Local Positioning Systems (LPSs) based on two different te...
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| author | Álvaro De-La-Llana-Calvo José-Luis Lázaro-Galilea Alfredo Gardel-Vicente David Rodríguez-Navarro Ignacio Bravo-Muñoz Felipe Espinosa-Zapata |
| author_facet | Álvaro De-La-Llana-Calvo José-Luis Lázaro-Galilea Alfredo Gardel-Vicente David Rodríguez-Navarro Ignacio Bravo-Muñoz Felipe Espinosa-Zapata |
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| description | In this paper, we characterize and measure the effects of the errors introduced by the multipath when obtaining the position of an agent by means of Indoor Positioning Systems (IPS) based on optical signal. These effects are characterized in Local Positioning Systems (LPSs) based on two different techniques: the first one by determining the Angle of Arrival (AoA) of the infrared signal (IR) to the detector; and the second one by working with the measurement of the Phase shift of signal Arrival from the transmitter to a receiver (PoA). We present the obtained results and conclusions, which indicate that using Position Sensitive Devices (PSD) the multipath effects for AoA have little impact on the measurement, while for PoA the positioning errors are very significant, making the system useless in many cases. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-03eb099f173242eb82f3559d289033fb2022-12-22T04:23:46ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202019-02-0119491710.3390/s19040917s19040917Characterization of Multipath Effects in Indoor Positioning Systems by AoA and PoA Based on Optical SignalsÁlvaro De-La-Llana-Calvo0José-Luis Lázaro-Galilea1Alfredo Gardel-Vicente2David Rodríguez-Navarro3Ignacio Bravo-Muñoz4Felipe Espinosa-Zapata5Department of Electronics, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 28801 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Electronics, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 28801 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Electronics, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 28801 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Electronics, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 28801 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Electronics, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 28801 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Electronics, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, 28801 Madrid, SpainIn this paper, we characterize and measure the effects of the errors introduced by the multipath when obtaining the position of an agent by means of Indoor Positioning Systems (IPS) based on optical signal. These effects are characterized in Local Positioning Systems (LPSs) based on two different techniques: the first one by determining the Angle of Arrival (AoA) of the infrared signal (IR) to the detector; and the second one by working with the measurement of the Phase shift of signal Arrival from the transmitter to a receiver (PoA). We present the obtained results and conclusions, which indicate that using Position Sensitive Devices (PSD) the multipath effects for AoA have little impact on the measurement, while for PoA the positioning errors are very significant, making the system useless in many cases.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/4/917multipathindoor positioningoptical signalPSD sensorlight positioninginfraredvisible light communication (VLC) |
| spellingShingle | Álvaro De-La-Llana-Calvo José-Luis Lázaro-Galilea Alfredo Gardel-Vicente David Rodríguez-Navarro Ignacio Bravo-Muñoz Felipe Espinosa-Zapata Characterization of Multipath Effects in Indoor Positioning Systems by AoA and PoA Based on Optical Signals Sensors multipath indoor positioning optical signal PSD sensor light positioning infrared visible light communication (VLC) |
| title | Characterization of Multipath Effects in Indoor Positioning Systems by AoA and PoA Based on Optical Signals |
| title_full | Characterization of Multipath Effects in Indoor Positioning Systems by AoA and PoA Based on Optical Signals |
| title_fullStr | Characterization of Multipath Effects in Indoor Positioning Systems by AoA and PoA Based on Optical Signals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterization of Multipath Effects in Indoor Positioning Systems by AoA and PoA Based on Optical Signals |
| title_short | Characterization of Multipath Effects in Indoor Positioning Systems by AoA and PoA Based on Optical Signals |
| title_sort | characterization of multipath effects in indoor positioning systems by aoa and poa based on optical signals |
| topic | multipath indoor positioning optical signal PSD sensor light positioning infrared visible light communication (VLC) |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/4/917 |
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