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Table 1 Indoor positioning system

From: New indoor navigation system for visually impaired people using visible light communication

 

Visible light communication

Wireless LAN

RFID

Position accuracy

several meters

several meters to several hundred meters

several meters

Quality

stable

dependence of noise, interference

dependence of noise, interference

Measurement time

less than a second

several seconds

less than a second

Recognition of building floors

possible

difficult

possible

Measurement Device

visible light receiver

Wi-Fi transceiver

RFID reader