Institute for Technological Development and Innovation in Communications, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas, Spain.
Sensors (Basel). 2021 Sep 19;21(18):6282. doi: 10.3390/s21186282.
In this paper, we explore the potential applications of Optical Wireless Communications in the tourism industry, considering both indoor and outdoor scenarios and different transmission speeds. They range from high-speed atmospheric outdoor links (Free-Space Optics (FSO)) to indoor systems based on high-speed lighting networks (known under the trade name LiFi©) or low-speed services support the Internet of Things networks, using visible light (VLC) or IR emitters, with receivers based on either on classical photodiodes or in image sensors, known as Optical Camera Communications. The avant-garde applications of this technology have been studied focusing on three possible use scenarios: the traveler himself, in what we have called TAN (Tourist Area Network); the tourist facility, which includes not only the hotel but also leisure areas (theme parks, museums, natural protected areas) or services (restaurants, shopping areas, etc.); and the entire destination, which can be both the city or the territory where the tourist is received, within the paradigm of the Smart Tourist Destination (STD). In addition to the classic services based on radio frequency and wired broadband networks, these technologies will make it possible to meet the tourist's challenging needs, the establishment, and the destination. Besides, they cover the services imposed by the new marketing services related to location or context and feed the big data systems used to study tourist behavior.
本文探讨了光无线通信在旅游业中的潜在应用，考虑了室内和室外场景以及不同的传输速度。它们的范围从高速大气室外链路（自由空间光通信（FSO））到基于高速照明网络的室内系统（以 LiFi© 的商标名为人所知）或支持物联网网络的低速服务，使用可见光（VLC）或红外发射器，接收器基于传统光电二极管或图像传感器，称为光摄像头通信。这项技术的前卫应用已经在三个可能的使用场景中进行了研究：旅行者本人，我们称之为 TAN（旅游区域网络）；旅游设施，不仅包括酒店，还包括休闲区（主题公园、博物馆、自然保护区）或服务（餐馆、购物区等）；以及整个目的地，它可以是城市或接待游客的领土，在智能旅游目的地（STD）的范式内。除了基于射频和有线宽带网络的经典服务外，这些技术还将能够满足旅行者具有挑战性的需求、建立和目的地。此外，它们涵盖了与位置或上下文相关的新营销服务所强加的服务，并为用于研究游客行为的大数据系统提供支持。
