Table 1 Simulation parameters

Room dimension

8 m by 8 m by 5 m

Number of VLC hotspots

9

Coverage radius of each VLC hotspot

1.5 m

Velocity of restless MT v

0.3–0.7 ms ⁻¹

Movement duration of restless MT m

2–11 s

Pause time interval of restless MT p

3–12 s

Direction of restless MT’s motion d

0–2 π radians

Rate of blocking of VLC channel by mobile object

0.1 s ⁻¹

Rate of recovery of VLC channel by stationary MT

0.3-1.2 s ⁻¹

Data rate of VLC

1 Gbps

Data rate of WiFi

200 Mbps

Mean handover delay

0.4 s

Handover delay variance

0.1 s

Static dwell time t_s

1, 0.5 s

Simulation period

3600 s

Number of iterations

2000