scholarly journals Received signal strength–based indoor localization using a robust interacting multiple model–extended Kalman filter algorithm

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 155014771772215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Manuel Castro-Arvizu ◽  
Jordi Vilà-Valls ◽  
Ana Moragrega ◽  
Pau Closas ◽  
Juan A Fernandez-Rubio
Keyword(s):  
Indoor Localization ◽  
Channel Model ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Signal Strength ◽  
Received Signal Strength ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Interacting Multiple Model ◽  
Multiple Model ◽  
Shadow Fading

Due to the vast increase in location-based services, currently there exists an actual need of robust and reliable indoor localization solutions. Received signal strength localization is widely used due to its simplicity and availability in most mobile devices. The received signal strength channel model is defined by the propagation losses and the shadow fading. In real-life applications, these parameters might vary over time because of changes in the environment. Thus, to obtain a reliable localization solution, they have to be sequentially estimated. In this article, the problem of tracking a mobile node by received signal strength measurements is addressed, simultaneously estimating the model parameters. Particularly, a two-slope path loss model is assumed for the received signal strength observations, which provides a more realistic representation of the propagation channel. The proposed methodology considers a parallel interacting multiple model–based architecture for distance estimation, which is coupled with the on-line estimation of the model parameters and the final position determination via Kalman filtering. Numerical simulation results in realistic scenarios are provided to support the theoretical discussion and to show the enhanced performance of the new robust indoor localization approach. Additionally, experimental results using real data are reported to validate the technique.

scholarly journals SP-Loc: A crowdsourcing fingerprint based shop-level indoor localization algorithm integrating shop popularity without the indoor map

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 155014771881563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Wei ◽  
Fang Zhao ◽  
Haiyong Luo
Keyword(s):  
Indoor Localization ◽  
Signal Strength ◽  
Received Signal Strength ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Shopping Mall ◽  
Time Stamp ◽  
Localization Algorithm ◽  
Variation Pattern ◽  
Localization Accuracy ◽  
User Location

With the development of indoor localization technology, the location-based services such as product advertising recommendation in the shopping mall attract widespread attention, as precise user location significantly improves the efficiency of advertising push and brings broader profits. However, most of the Wi-Fi-based indoor localization approaches requiring professionals to deploy expensive beacon devices and intensively collect fingerprints in each location grid, which severely limits its extensive promotion. We introduce a zero-cost indoor localization algorithm utilizing crowdsourcing fingerprints to obtain the shop recognition where the user is located. Naturally utilizing the Wi-Fi, GPS, and time-stamp fingerprints collected from the smartphone when user paid as the crowdsourcing fingerprint, we avoid the requirement for indoor map and get rid of both devices cost and manual signal collecting process. Moreover, a shop-level hierarchical indoor localization framework is proposed, and high robustness features based on Wi-Fi sequences variation pattern in the same shop analysis are designed to avoid the received signal strength fluctuations. Besides, we also pay more attention to mine the popularity properties of shops and explore GPS features to improve localization accuracy in the Wi-Fi absence situation effectively. Massive experiments indicate that SP-Loc achieves more than 93% localization accuracy.

scholarly journals A Generative Method for Indoor Localization Using Wi-Fi Fingerprinting

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 2392
Author(s):  
Óscar Belmonte-Fernández ◽  
Emilio Sansano-Sansano ◽  
Antonio Caballer-Miedes ◽  
Raúl Montoliu ◽  
Rubén García-Vidal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Markov Model ◽  
Hidden Markov Model ◽  
Indoor Localization ◽  
Hidden Markov ◽  
Signal Strength ◽  
Access Point ◽  
Received Signal Strength ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Forward Algorithm ◽  
Generative Method

Indoor localization is an enabling technology for pervasive and mobile computing applications. Although different technologies have been proposed for indoor localization, Wi-Fi fingerprinting is one of the most used techniques due to the pervasiveness of Wi-Fi technology. Most Wi-Fi fingerprinting localization methods presented in the literature are discriminative methods. We present a generative method for indoor localization based on Wi-Fi fingerprinting. The Received Signal Strength Indicator received from a Wireless Access Point is modeled by a hidden Markov model. Unlike other algorithms, the use of a hidden Markov model allows ours to take advantage of the temporal autocorrelation present in the Wi-Fi signal. The algorithm estimates the user’s location based on the hidden Markov model, which models the signal and the forward algorithm to determine the likelihood of a given time series of Received Signal Strength Indicators. The proposed method was compared with four other well-known Machine Learning algorithms through extensive experimentation with data collected in real scenarios. The proposed method obtained competitive results in most scenarios tested and was the best method in 17 of 60 experiments performed.

Robustness in Fingerprinting-Based Indoor Positioning Systems

2018 ◽  
pp. 88-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shih-Hau Fang
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Signal Strength ◽  
Histogram Equalization ◽  
Indoor Positioning ◽  
Received Signal Strength ◽  
Location Estimation ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Indoor Environments ◽  
Positioning Systems

Indoor positioning systems have received increasing attention for supporting location-based services in indoor environments. Received signal strength (RSS), mostly utilized in Wi-Fi fingerprinting systems, is known to be unreliable due to two reasons: orientation mismatch and variations in hardware. This chapter introduces an approach based on histogram equalization to compensate for orientation mismatch in robust Wi-Fi localization. The proposed method involves converting the temporal-spatial radio signal strength into a reference function (i.e., equalizing the histogram). This chapter also introduces an enhanced positioning feature, which is called delta-fused principal strength, to enhance the robustness of Wi-Fi localization against the problem of heterogeneous hardware. This algorithm computes the pairwise delta RSS and then integrates with RSS using principal component analysis. The proposed methods effectively and efficiently improve the robustness of location estimation in the presence of mismatch orientation and hardware variations, respectively.

scholarly journals Indoor Localization Based on Wi-Fi Received Signal Strength Indicators: Feature Extraction, Mobile Fingerprinting, and Trajectory Learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (18) ◽  
pp. 3930 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaehyun Yoo ◽  
Jongho Park
Keyword(s):  
Feature Extraction ◽  
Indoor Localization ◽  
Signal Strength ◽  
Received Signal Strength ◽  
Position Estimation ◽  
Training Data ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Feature Extraction Method ◽  
Fingerprinting Method ◽  
Trajectory Learning

This paper studies the indoor localization based on Wi-Fi received signal strength indicator (RSSI). In addition to position estimation, this study examines the expansion of applications using Wi-Fi RSSI data sets in three areas: (i) feature extraction, (ii) mobile fingerprinting, and (iii) mapless localization. First, the features of Wi-Fi RSSI observations are extracted with respect to different floor levels and designated landmarks. Second, the mobile fingerprinting method is proposed to allow a trainer to collect training data efficiently, which is faster and more efficient than the conventional static fingerprinting method. Third, in the case of the unknown-map situation, the trajectory learning method is suggested to learn map information using crowdsourced data. All of these parts are interconnected from the feature extraction and mobile fingerprinting to the map learning and the estimation. Based on the experimental results, we observed (i) clearly classified data points by the feature extraction method as regards the floors and landmarks, (ii) efficient mobile fingerprinting compared to conventional static fingerprinting, and (iii) improvement of the positioning accuracy owing to the trajectory learning.

scholarly journals Multi-Slot BLE Raw Database for Accurate Positioning in Mixed Indoor/Outdoor Environments

Data ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando J. Aranda ◽  
Felipe Parralejo ◽  
Fernando J. Álvarez ◽  
Joaquín Torres-Sospedra
Keyword(s):  
Signal Strength ◽  
Received Signal Strength ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Positioning System ◽  
Positioning Accuracy ◽  
Bluetooth Low Energy ◽  
Outdoor Environments ◽  
The University

The technologies and sensors embedded in smartphones have contributed to the spread of disruptive applications built on top of Location Based Services (LBSs). Among them, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) has been widely adopted for proximity and localization, as it is a simple but efficient positioning technology. This article presents a database of received signal strength measurements (RSSIs) on BLE signals in a real positioning system. The system was deployed on two buildings belonging to the campus of the University of Extremadura in Badajoz. the database is divided into three different deployments, changing in each of them the number of measurement points and the configuration of the BLE beacons. the beacons used in this work can broadcast up to six emission slots simultaneously. Fingerprinting positioning experiments are presented in this work using multiple slots, improving positioning accuracy when compared with the traditional single slot approach.

scholarly journals Analysis of Received Signal Strength Quantization in Fingerprinting Localization

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 3203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Khandker ◽  
Joaquín Torres-Sospedra ◽  
Tapani Ristaniemi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Indoor Localization ◽  
Signal Strength ◽  
Received Signal Strength ◽  
Storage Space ◽  
Data Traffic ◽  
Positioning Accuracy ◽  
Hardware Configuration ◽  
Fine Resolution

In recent times, Received Signal Strength (RSS)-based Wi-Fi fingerprinting localization has become one of the most promising techniques for indoor localization. The primary aim of RSS is to check the quality of the signal to determine the coverage and the quality of service. Therefore, fine-resolution RSS is needed, which is generally expressed by 1-dBm granularity. However, we found that, for fingerprinting localization, fine-granular RSS is unnecessary. A coarse-granular RSS can yield the same positioning accuracy. In this paper, we propose quantization for only the effective portion of the signal strength for fingerprinting localization. We found that, if a quantized RSS fingerprint can carry the major characteristics of a radio environment, it is sufficient for localization. Five publicly open fingerprinting databases with four different quantization strategies were used to evaluate the study. The proposed method can help to simplify the hardware configuration, enhance security, and save approximately 40–60% storage space and data traffic.

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