A Survey of Smartphone-Based Indoor Positioning System Using RF-Based Wireless Technologies
In recent times, social and commercial interests in location-based services (LBS) are significantly increasing due to the rise in smart devices and technologies. The global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) have long been employed for LBS to navigate and determine accurate and reliable location in...
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| description | In recent times, social and commercial interests in location-based services (LBS) are significantly increasing due to the rise in smart devices and technologies. The global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) have long been employed for LBS to navigate and determine accurate and reliable location information in outdoor environments. However, the GNSS signals are too weak to penetrate buildings and unable to provide reliable indoor LBS. Hence, GNSS’s incompetence in the indoor environment invites extensive research and development of an indoor positioning system (IPS). Various technologies and techniques have been studied for IPS development. This paper provides an overview of the available smartphone-based indoor localization solutions that rely on radio frequency technologies. As fingerprinting localization is mostly accepted for IPS development owing to its good localization accuracy, we discuss fingerprinting localization in detail. In particular, our analysis is more focused on practical IPS that are realized using a smartphone and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) as a signal source. Furthermore, we elaborate on the challenges of practical IPS, the available solutions and comprehensive performance comparison, and present some future trends in IPS development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-84c5eac75a444997bbaad1df21d793802023-11-21T01:16:17ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202020-12-012024723010.3390/s20247230A Survey of Smartphone-Based Indoor Positioning System Using RF-Based Wireless TechnologiesSantosh Subedi0Jae-Young Pyun1Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Chosun University, Kwangju 501-759, KoreaDepartment of Information and Communication Engineering, Chosun University, Kwangju 501-759, KoreaIn recent times, social and commercial interests in location-based services (LBS) are significantly increasing due to the rise in smart devices and technologies. The global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) have long been employed for LBS to navigate and determine accurate and reliable location information in outdoor environments. However, the GNSS signals are too weak to penetrate buildings and unable to provide reliable indoor LBS. Hence, GNSS’s incompetence in the indoor environment invites extensive research and development of an indoor positioning system (IPS). Various technologies and techniques have been studied for IPS development. This paper provides an overview of the available smartphone-based indoor localization solutions that rely on radio frequency technologies. As fingerprinting localization is mostly accepted for IPS development owing to its good localization accuracy, we discuss fingerprinting localization in detail. In particular, our analysis is more focused on practical IPS that are realized using a smartphone and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) as a signal source. Furthermore, we elaborate on the challenges of practical IPS, the available solutions and comprehensive performance comparison, and present some future trends in IPS development.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/24/7230indoor positioning systemfingerprinting localizationBluetooth low energyWi-Fiperformance metricspositioning algorithms |
| spellingShingle | Santosh Subedi Jae-Young Pyun A Survey of Smartphone-Based Indoor Positioning System Using RF-Based Wireless Technologies Sensors indoor positioning system fingerprinting localization Bluetooth low energy Wi-Fi performance metrics positioning algorithms |
| title | A Survey of Smartphone-Based Indoor Positioning System Using RF-Based Wireless Technologies |
| title_full | A Survey of Smartphone-Based Indoor Positioning System Using RF-Based Wireless Technologies |
| title_fullStr | A Survey of Smartphone-Based Indoor Positioning System Using RF-Based Wireless Technologies |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Survey of Smartphone-Based Indoor Positioning System Using RF-Based Wireless Technologies |
| title_short | A Survey of Smartphone-Based Indoor Positioning System Using RF-Based Wireless Technologies |
| title_sort | survey of smartphone based indoor positioning system using rf based wireless technologies |
| topic | indoor positioning system fingerprinting localization Bluetooth low energy Wi-Fi performance metrics positioning algorithms |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/24/7230 |
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