A New Statistical Received Signal Strength (RSS) Model Based Fingerprint Approach for WLAN Indoor Localization Application

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mai A. Abd El-Halim ◽  
Adel M. Said ◽  
Hadia El-Hennawy
Keyword(s):  
Indoor Localization ◽  
Signal Strength ◽  
Received Signal Strength ◽  
Model Based

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.

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 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.

Indoor localization using received signal strength

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
H A Obeidat ◽  
R A Abd-Alhameed ◽  
J M Noras ◽  
S. Zhu ◽  
T Ghazaany ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indoor Localization ◽  
Signal Strength ◽  
Received Signal Strength

Hybrid Kernel Based Machine Learning Using Received Signal Strength Measurements for Indoor Localization

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 2824-2829 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Yan ◽  
Lin Zhao ◽  
Jian Tang ◽  
Yuwei Chen ◽  
Ruizhi Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Indoor Localization ◽  
Signal Strength ◽  
Received Signal Strength ◽  
Hybrid Kernel

scholarly journals Received Signal Strength-Based Indoor Localization Using Hierarchical Classification

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 1067 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenbin Zhang ◽  
Ningning Qin ◽  
Yanbo Xue ◽  
Le Yang
Keyword(s):  
Clustering Algorithm ◽  
Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Indoor Localization ◽  
Hierarchical Classification ◽  
Signal Strength ◽  
Received Signal Strength ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
K Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Position Information ◽  
Area Of Interest

Commercial interests in indoor localization have been increasing in the past decade. The success of many applications relies at least partially on indoor localization that is expected to provide reliable indoor position information. Wi-Fi received signal strength (RSS)-based indoor localization techniques have attracted extensive attentions because Wi-Fi access points (APs) are widely deployed and we can obtain the Wi-Fi RSS measurements without extra hardware cost. In this paper, we propose a hierarchical classification-based method as a new solution to the indoor localization problem. Within the developed approach, we first adopt an improved K-Means clustering algorithm to divide the area of interest into several zones and they are allowed to overlap with one another to improve the generalization capability of the following indoor positioning process. To find the localization result, the K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) algorithm and support vector machine (SVM) with the one-versus-one strategy are employed. The proposed method is implemented on a tablet, and its performance is evaluated in real-world environments. Experiment results reveal that the proposed method offers an improvement of 1.4% to 3.2% in terms of position classification accuracy and a reduction of 10% to 22% in terms of average positioning error compared with several benchmark methods.

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