Integrated Design of Low Complexity RSS Based Visible Light Indoor Positioning and Power-Line Communication System for Smart Hospitals
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Lang, Tian; Pan, Zijin; Ortiz, Nathaniel; Chen, Gang; Kalay, Yehuda; Pai, Ramdas; Wang, Albert
- Source
- 2021 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE) Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2021 IEEE International Conference on. :1-5 Jan, 2021
- Subject
- Aerospace
Bioengineering
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Engineering Profession
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
General Topics for Engineers
Geoscience
Nuclear Engineering
Photonics and Electrooptics
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Robotics and Control Systems
Transportation
Integrated optics
Radio frequency
Wiring
Wireless communication
Hospitals
Integrated design
Light emitting diodes
LED
visible light communication
VLC
visible light positioning
VLP
power-line communication
PLC
received signal strength
RSS
- Language
- ISSN
- 2158-4001
Future healthcare systems require smart hospitals with system-wide wireless communications and positioning functions, which cannot be facilitated by existing radio-frequency (RF) technologies. We present an integrated design of a novel low-complexity received signal strength (RSS) based hybrid visible light communication (VLC) and positioning (VLP) system. This tracking system consists of host optical transceivers embedded in existing light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs and user-end optical tags, which interface with the existing power wiring in a building. This hybrid VLC/PLC tracking system was validated by simulation and experiment. This VLC tracking system will enable smart hospital operations to modernize next-generation intelligent healthcare systems.