Innovative Optical Sensors for Navigation and Positioning Systems
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 March 2026 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editor
Interests: intelligent sensors; optical sensors; location; sensor networks; visible light positioning (VLP); visible light communication (VLC); indoor localization; indoor positioning system (IPS); position-sensitive detectors (PSD); multipath mitigation; vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V); vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I)
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Dear Colleagues,
Optical sensing technologies are playing an increasingly central role in the development of advanced navigation and positioning systems. Their inherent advantages—such as high spatial resolution, immunity to electromagnetic interference, and compatibility with existing lighting infrastructure—make them ideal for a wide range of applications, ranging from indoor localization to vehicle-to-vehicle communication.
This Special Issue aims to gather original research and review articles on innovative optical sensors and their integration into navigation and positioning systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: visible light positioning (VLP); infrared positioning; optical angle-of-arrival (AoA) and time-of-flight (ToF) techniques; position-sensitive detectors (PSD); quadrant angular diversity aperture photodiode (QADA); and hybrid systems combining optical sensing with inertial or radio-based technologies.
The scope of this Special Issue also includes optical communication for navigation purposes, such as visible light communication (VLC) in vehicular or infrastructure-based systems, where positioning and data exchange converge.
Dr. Álvaro de la Llana Calvo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- optical sensors
- visible light positioning (VLP)
- visible light communication (VLC)
- indoor localization
- indoor positioning system (IPS)
- vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V)
- vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I)
- navigation systems
- position-sensitive detectors (PSD)
- quadrant angular diversity aperture photodiode (QADA)
- sensor fusion
- multipath mitigation
- smart mobility
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