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Indoor position technology has become one of the research highlights in the Internet of Things (IoT), but there is still a lack of universal, low-cost, and high-precision solutions. This paper conducts research on indoor position technology…
Wi-Fi-based positioning promises a scalable and privacy-preserving solution for location-based services in indoor environments such as malls, airports, and campuses. RSS-based methods are widely deployable as RSS data is available on all…
Contrasting to advances in street/outdoor navigation, wall mounted maps and signs continue to be the primary reference indoor navigation in hospitals, malls, museums, etc. The proliferation of mobile devices and the growing demand for…
In this paper, we propose an indoor localization system employing ordered sequence of access points (APs) based on received signal strength (RSS). Unlike existing indoor localization systems, our approach does not require any time-consuming…
Precise indoor positioning systems (IPSs) are key to perform a set of tasks more efficiently during aircraft production, operation and maintenance. For instance, IPSs can overcome the tedious task of configuring (wireless) sensor nodes in…
One major bottleneck in the practical implementation of received signal strength (RSS) based indoor localization systems is the extensive deployment efforts required to construct the radio maps through fingerprinting. In this paper, we aim…
Accessibility has long been a primary concern for major museums around the world. This is no exception for the Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales (MNAV, National Museum of Visual Arts) in Uruguay. Having a special interest in achieving…
This paper studies a passive source localization system, where a single base station (BS) is employed to estimate the positions and attitudes of multiple mobile stations (MSs). The BS and the MSs are equipped with uniform rectangular…
Acoustic local positioning systems (ALPSs) are an interesting alternative for indoor positioning due to certain advantages over other approaches, including their relatively high accuracy, low cost, and room-level signal propagation.…
The continual proliferation of mobile devices has encouraged much effort in using the smartphones for indoor positioning. This article is dedicated to review the most recent and interesting smartphones based indoor navigation systems,…
In this paper, we present PALMS, an innovative indoor global localization and relocalization system for mobile smartphones that utilizes publicly available floor plans. Unlike most vision-based methods that require constant visual input,…
Indoor location-based services rely on the availability of sufficiently accurate positioning in indoor spaces. A popular approach to positioning relies on so-called radio maps that contain pairs of a vector of Wi-Fi signal strength…
Smart indoor tourist attractions, such as smart museums and aquariums, usually require a significant investment in indoor localization devices. The smartphone Global Positional Systems use is unsuitable for scenarios where dense materials…
Accurate smartphone-based outdoor localization system in deep urban canyons are increasingly needed for various IoT applications such as augmented reality, intelligent transportation, etc. The recently developed feature-based visual…
Navigation inside a closed area with no GPS-signal accessibility is a highly challenging task. In order to tackle this problem, recently the imaging-based methods have grabbed the attention of many researchers. These methods either extract…
The application of mobile computing is currently altering patterns of our behavior to a greater degree than perhaps any other invention. In combination with the introduction of BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) and similar technologies enabling…
Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has emerged as a promising technology to enhance indoor wireless communication and sensing performance. However, the construction of reliable received signal strength (RSS)-based fingerprint…
Positioning is expected to be a core function in intelligent transportation systems (ITSs) to support communication and location-based services, such as autonomous driving, traffic control, etc. With the advent of low-cost reflective…
The paper is motivated by the importance of the Smart Cities (SC) concept for future management of global urbanization. Among all Internet of Things (IoT)-based communication technologies, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) plays a vital role in…
We present DIY-IPS - Do It Yourself - Indoor Positioning System, an open-source real-time indoor positioning mobile application. DIY-IPS detects users' indoor position by employing dual-band RSSI fingerprinting of available WiFi access…