Modern Location-based Service Technologies: Visible Light Positioning

TL;DR

This paper provides a comprehensive survey of modern location-based service technologies, emphasizing visible light positioning, its advantages, applications, and privacy concerns, highlighting recent developments in the field.

Contribution

It offers an in-depth overview of LBS, focusing on visible light positioning technologies and their role within the broader LBS framework, including privacy issues.

Findings

Detailed analysis of visible light positioning methods

Identification of key advantages and challenges

Discussion of privacy concerns in LBS

Abstract

With the development of wireless communications and the increasing computing power of variety mobile devices, LBS (Location Based Service) technologies getting more and more attention as it can provide most flexibility and convenience in modern people' s life. For this survey, we will first give a comprehensive introduction about LBS, including definition, advantages, application, and potential privacy problem. Then, we will present more detailed discussion focusing on the location technologies which is an essential part in LBS framework.