Designated map luminaires

A method of receiving indoor navigation services, comprising:

• capturing, at a computing device, an image comprising light emitted by a plurality of luminaires, wherein a first luminaire in the plurality of luminaires transmits a first identifier encoded in a first light-based communication (LCom) signal and a second luminaire in the plurality of luminaires transmits mapping information encoded in a second LCom signal, the mapping information associating the first identifier with a location of the first luminaire, and wherein the second luminaire does not transmit identifier information and the first luminaire does not transmit mapping information;
• defining, by the computing device, a first portion of the image that includes light emitted by first luminaire;
• decoding, by the computing device, the first LCom signal from the first portion of the image to obtain the first identifier;
• subtracting, by the computing device, the first LCom signal from the image to obtain the second LCom signal;
• decoding, by the computing device, the second LCom signal to obtain the mapping information;
• and
• determining, by the computing device, a location of the computing device based on the first identifier and the mapping information.

An indoor navigation system, comprising:

• a first plurality of luminaires, wherein each of the first plurality of luminaires is configured to transmit an associated identifier via light-based communication (LCom) signals;
• a second plurality of luminaires, wherein each of the second plurality of luminaires is configured to transmit mapping information via LCom signals, the mapping information associating the identifiers of each of the first plurality of luminaires with a location of each of the first plurality of luminaires, and wherein the second plurality of luminaires does not transmit identifier information and the first plurality of luminaires does not transmit mapping information;
• and
• a computing device configured to determine a location of the computing device based on the LCom signals transmitted by the first plurality of luminaires and the LCom signals transmitted by the second plurality of luminaires.