Toward a Dynamic K in K-Nearest Neighbor Fingerprint Indoor Positioning

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiusong Hu ◽  
Hongli Liu ◽  
Dawei Liu
Keyword(s):  
Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Indoor Positioning ◽  
K Nearest Neighbor

scholarly journals Research on Wi-Fi indoor positioning in a smart exhibition hall based on received signal strength indication

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Yang ◽  
Shijue Zheng ◽  
Ming Liu ◽  
Yawen Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Signal Strength ◽  
Indoor Positioning ◽  
Received Signal Strength ◽  
Experimental Simulation ◽  
K Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Improvement Strategy ◽  
Fingerprint Algorithm ◽  
Received Signal Strength Indication

AbstractTo improve the management of science and technology museums, this paper conducts an in-depth study on Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) indoor positioning based on mobile terminals and applies this technology to the indoor positioning of a science and technology museum. The location fingerprint algorithm is used to study the offline acquisition and online positioning stages. The positioning flow of the location fingerprint algorithm is discussed, and the improvement of the location fingerprint algorithm is emphasized. The raw data of the RSSI (received signal strength indication) is preprocessed, which makes the location fingerprint data more effective and reliable, thus improving the positioning accuracy. Three different improvement strategies are proposed for the nearest neighbor classification algorithm: a balanced joint metric based on distance weighting and a compromise between the two. Then, in the experimental simulation, the positioning results and errors of the traditional KNN (k-nearest neighbor) algorithm and three improvement strategy algorithms are analyzed separately, and the effectiveness of the three improved strategy algorithms is verified by experiments.

scholarly journals An Improved Bluetooth Indoor Positioning Method Using Dynamic Fingerprint Window

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (24) ◽  
pp. 7269
Author(s):  
Ling Ruan ◽  
Ling Zhang ◽  
Tong Zhou ◽  
Yi Long
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Indoor Positioning ◽  
K Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Positioning Accuracy ◽  
Local Clustering ◽  
Positioning Method ◽  
K Nearest Neighbor Algorithm ◽  
Space Range ◽  
Fingerprint Data

The weighted K-nearest neighbor algorithm (WKNN) is easily implemented, and it has been widely applied. In the large-scale positioning regions, using all fingerprint data in matching calculations would lead to high computation expenses, which is not conducive to real-time positioning. Due to signal instability, irrelevant fingerprints reduce the positioning accuracy when performing the matching calculation process. Therefore, selecting the appropriate fingerprint data from the database more quickly and accurately is an urgent problem for improving WKNN. This paper proposes an improved Bluetooth indoor positioning method using a dynamic fingerprint window (DFW-WKNN). The dynamic fingerprint window is a space range for local fingerprint data searching instead of universal searching, and it can be dynamically adjusted according to the indoor pedestrian movement and always covers the maximum possible range of the next positioning. This method was tested and evaluated in two typical scenarios, comparing two existing algorithms, the traditional WKNN and the improved WKNN based on local clustering (LC-WKNN). The experimental results show that the proposed DFW-WKNN algorithm enormously improved both the positioning accuracy and positioning efficiency, significantly, when the fingerprint data increased.

scholarly journals Adaptive Multi-Type Fingerprint Indoor Positioning and Localization Method Based on Multi-Task Learning and Weight Coefficients K-Nearest Neighbor

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (18) ◽  
pp. 5416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhengwu Yuan ◽  
Xupeng Zha ◽  
Xiaojian Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Prediction Models ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Indoor Positioning ◽  
Positioning Error ◽  
K Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Localization Method ◽  
Task Learning ◽  
Positioning Errors ◽  
Weight Coefficients

The complex indoor environment makes the use of received fingerprints unreliable as an indoor positioning and localization method based on fingerprint data. This paper proposes an adaptive multi-type fingerprint indoor positioning and localization method based on multi-task learning (MTL) and Weight Coefficients K-Nearest Neighbor (WCKNN), which integrates magnetic field, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth fingerprints for positioning and localization. The MTL fuses the features of different types of fingerprints to search the potential relationship between them. It also exploits the synergy between the tasks, which can boost up positioning and localization performance. Then the WCKNN predicts another position of the fingerprints in a certain class determined by the obtained location. The final position is obtained by fusing the predicted positions using a weighted average method whose weights are the positioning errors provided by positioning error prediction models. Experimental results indicated that the proposed method achieved 98.58% accuracy in classifying locations with a mean positioning error of 1.95 m.

scholarly journals Optimization-Based Wi-Fi Radio Map Construction for Indoor Positioning Using Only Smart Phones

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 3095 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Tan ◽  
Xiangtao Fan ◽  
Shenghua Wang ◽  
Yingchao Ren
Keyword(s):  
Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Dead Reckoning ◽  
Maximum Error ◽  
Optimization Method ◽  
Indoor Positioning ◽  
Factor Graph ◽  
K Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Site Survey ◽  
Radio Map

Fingerprinting-based Wi-Fi indoor positioning has great potential for positioning in GPS-denied areas. However, establishing a fingerprinting map (also called a radio map) prior to positioning (site survey) is normally a labor-intensive task. This paper proposes a method for easy site survey without need for any extra hardware. The user can conduct the site survey adopting only a smart phone. The collected inertial-based readings are processed using the pedestrian dead-reckoning algorithms to generate a raw trajectory. Then a factor graph optimization method is proposed to re-estimate the trajectory by adding constraints originated from collected Wi-Fi fingerprints and landmark positions. The proposed method is verified through an experiment in a mall. The mean positioning error is 1.10 m and the maximum error is 2.25 m. This level of positioning accuracy is considered sufficient for radio map generation purposes. A classical baseline algorithm, the k-Nearest Neighbor (kNN) algorithm, is adopted to test the positioning performance of the radio map (RM), which also validates the quality of the constructed RM from the proposed method.

scholarly journals An Enhanced Indoor Positioning Algorithm Based on Fingerprint Using Fine-Grained CSI and RSSI Measurements of IEEE 802.11n WLAN

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 2769
Author(s):  
Jingjing Wang ◽  
Joongoo Park
Keyword(s):  
Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Gaussian Function ◽  
Low Complexity ◽  
Correction Method ◽  
Indoor Positioning ◽  
K Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Positioning Accuracy ◽  
Indoor Location ◽  
Positioning Algorithm

Received signal strength indication (RSSI) obtained by Medium Access Control (MAC) layer is widely used in range-based and fingerprint location systems due to its low cost and low complexity. However, RSS is affected by noise signals and multi-path, and its positioning performance is not stable. In recent years, many commercial WiFi devices support the acquisition of physical layer channel state information (CSI). CSI is an index that can characterize the signal characteristics with more fine granularity than RSS. Compared with RSS, CSI can avoid the effects of multi-path and noise by analyzing the characteristics of multi-channel sub-carriers. To improve the indoor location accuracy and algorithm efficiency, this paper proposes a hybrid fingerprint location technology based on RSS and CSI. In the off-line phase, to overcome the problems of low positioning accuracy and fingerprint drift caused by signal instability, a methodology based on the Kalman filter and a Gaussian function is proposed to preprocess the RSSI value and CSI amplitude value, and the improved CSI phase is incorporated after the linear transformation. The mutation and noisy data are then effectively eliminated, and the accurate and smoother outputs of the RSSI and CSI values can be achieved. Then, the accurate hybrid fingerprint database is established after dimensionality reduction of the obtained high-dimensional data values. The weighted k-nearest neighbor (WKNN) algorithm is applied to reduce the complexity of the algorithm during the online positioning stage, and the accurate indoor positioning algorithm is accomplished. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm exhibits good performance on anti-noise ability, fusion positioning accuracy, and real-time filtering. Compared with CSI-MIMO, FIFS, and RSSI-based methods, the proposed fusion correction method has higher positioning accuracy and smaller positioning error.

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