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Title: R-VLCP: Channel Modeling and Simulation in Retroreflective Visible Light Communication and Positioning Systems
Retroreflective visible light communication and positioning (R-VLCP) is a novel ultra-low-power Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology leveraging indoor light infrastructures. Compared to traditional VLCP, R-VLCP offers several additional favorable features including self-alignment, low-size, weight, and power (SWaP), glaring-free, and sniff-proof. In analogy to RFID, R-VLCP employs a microwatt optical modulator (e.g., LCD shutter) to manipulate the intensity of the reflected light from a corner-cube retroreflector (CCR) to the photodiodes (PDs) mounted on a light source. In our previous works, we derived a closed-form expression for the retroreflection channel model, assuming that the PD is much smaller than the CCR in geometric analysis. In this paper, we generalize the channel model to arbitrary size of PD and CCR. The received optical power is fully characterized relative to the sizes of PD and CCR, and the 3D location of CCR. We also develop a custom and open-source ray tracing simulator – RetroRay, and use it to validate the channel model. Performance evaluation of area spectral efficiency and horizontal location error is carried out based on the channel model validated by RetroRay. The results reveal that increasing the size of PD and the density of CCRs improves communication and positioning performance with diminishing returns.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1757207
PAR ID:
10418700
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
IEEE Internet of Things Journal
ISSN:
2372-2541
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1 to 1
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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