• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.49-54
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• 2021

Indoor positioning system becomes of increasing interests due to the demands for accurate indoor location information where Global Navigation Satellite System signal does not approach. Wi-Fi access points (APs) built in many construction in advance helps developing a Wi-Fi Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) based indoor localization. This localization method first collects pairs of position and RSSI measurement set, which is called fingerprint database, and then estimates a user's position when given a query measurement set by comparing the fingerprint database. The challenge arises from nonlinearity and noise on Wi-Fi RSSI measurements and complexity of handling a large amount of the fingerprint data. In this paper, machine learning techniques have been applied to implement Wi-Fi based localization. However, most of existing indoor localizations focus on single position estimation. The main contribution of this paper is to develop multi-target localization by using deep neural, which is beneficial when a massive crowd requests positioning service. This paper evaluates the proposed multilocalization based on deep learning from a multi-story building, and analyses its learning effect as increasing number of target positions.

• 한국방송∙미디어공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방송∙미디어공학회 2020년도 하계학술대회
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• pp.717-720
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• 2020

An indoor localization system that uses Wi-Fi RSSI signals for localization gives accurate user position results. The conventional Wi-Fi RSSI signal based localization system uses raw RSSI signals from access points (APs) to estimate the user position. However, the RSSI values of a particular location are usually not stable due to the signal propagation in the indoor environments. To reduce the RSSI signal fluctuations, shadow fading, multipath effects and the blockage of Wi-Fi RSSI signals, we propose a Wi-Fi localization system that utilizes the advantages of Wi-Fi RSSI heat maps. The proposed localization system uses a regression model with deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) and gives accurate user position results for indoor localization. The experiment results demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed localization system for indoor localization.

• 사물인터넷융복합논문지
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.35-39
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• 2016

본 논문은 사물인터넷 (Internet of Things: IoT) 기반의 실내 위치 추정 기법에 관한 논문이다. 현재 전 세계적으로 사물의 위치를 추정하는 방법은 GPS와 WiFi를 활용한 방법이 많이 사용되고 있다. 그러나 GPS는 실내에서 수신이 힘들고, 전파 교란에 영향을 받는 단점이 있다. WiFi를 활용한 위치 추정은 사용자가 주위의 WiFi를 스캔하여 수집한 정보를 WiFi 데이터베이스 (DB) 서버에 전송하여 fingerprint 방식으로 위치를 추정하므로, DB 서버가 필요한 단점이 있다. 사물과 사물이 통신하는 사물인터넷이 급속도로 증가하고 있다. 이러한 사물인터넷을 이용하여 실내 위치를 추정하는 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 기법은 GPS 좌표 등의 자신의 위치 정보를 가지고 있는 기기와 통신하는 다른 기기가 RSSI를 통해 위치를 추정한다. 사물인터넷을 통해 자신의 위치를 추정하는 기기가 많으면 위치 추정 정확도를 높일 수 있다. 제안된 기법은 GPS와 WiFi DB 서버의 도움 없이 위치 추정을 할 수 있다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.1339-1355
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• 2023

Localization is a hot research spot for many areas, especially in the mobile robot field. Due to the weak signal of the global positioning system (GPS), the alternative schemes in an indoor environment include wireless signal transmitting and receiving solutions, laser rangefinder to build a map followed by a re-localization stage and visual positioning methods, etc. Among all wireless signal positioning techniques, Wi-Fi is the most common one. Wi-Fi access points are installed in most indoor areas of human activities, and smart devices equipped with Wi-Fi modules can be seen everywhere. However, the localization of a mobile robot using a Wi-Fi scheme usually lacks orientation information. Besides, the distance error is large because of indoor signal interference. Another research direction that mainly refers to laser sensors is to actively detect the environment and achieve positioning. An occupancy grid map is built by using the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) method when the mobile robot enters the indoor environment for the first time. When the robot enters the environment again, it can localize itself according to the known map. Nevertheless, this scheme only works effectively based on the prerequisite that those areas have salient geometrical features. If the areas have similar scanning structures, such as a long corridor or similar rooms, the traditional methods always fail. To address the weakness of the above two methods, this work proposes a coarse-to-fine paradigm and an improved localization algorithm that utilizes Wi-Fi to assist the robot localization in a geometrically similar environment. Firstly, a grid map is built by using laser SLAM. Secondly, a fingerprint database is built in the offline phase. Then, the RSSI values are achieved in the localization stage to get a coarse localization. Finally, an improved particle filter method based on the Wi-Fi signal values is proposed to realize a fine localization. Experimental results show that our approach is effective and robust for both global localization and the kidnapped robot problem. The localization success rate reaches 97.33%, while the traditional method always fails.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제41권11호
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• pp.1463-1471
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 Wi-Fi환경에서 실내 위치추정의 성능 향상을 위해 이동 Wi-Fi 환경에서 핑거프린트 기반의 Difference Means를 이용한 실내 위치추정 알고리즘 (Algorithm using the Difference Means based on Fingerprint, DMFPA)을 제안하였다. 그리고 자체 개발한 실내 위치추정 시뮬레이터를 사용하여 제안한 DMFPA의 성능을 일반적인 핑거프린트 알고리즘 (OFPA), 가우시안 분포를 핑거프린트 알고리즘 (GDFPA)의 성능을 서로 비교하였다. 성능분석 항목은 각 참조구역에서의 평균위치추정 정확도, 발생된 오차의 평균오차 누적거리와 최대오차 누적거리, 그리고 평균측정시간으로 정의하였다.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제19B권3호
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• pp.177-182
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 대규모 실내 환경에서 WiFi 모듈이 내장된 스마트폰 사용자의 위치를 추적하기 위한 효과적인 이동 모델과 관측 모델을 제시한다. 제안하는 세 가지 부속 이동 모델들은 보행자의 움직임에 대한 더 정확한 예상 확률 분포를 제공한다. 또, 가우시안 보간법 기반의 관측 모델은 훈련 데이터 의 수집이 이루어지지 않은 지역들에 대해서도 관측 우도 계산을 가능하게 한다. 파티클 필터 프레임워크 속에 이와 같은 이동 모델과 관측 모델을 결합함으로써, 본 연구의 위치 추적 알고리즘은 대규모 실내 환경들에서도 스마트폰 사용자의 위치를 정확하게 추적할 수 있다. 한 복층 건물에서 안드로이드 스마트폰으로 수행한 실험을 통해, 본 연구에서 제안한 WiFi 위치 추적 알고리즘의 성능을 확인할 수 있었다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.3950-3969
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• 2021

Radio Frequency (RF)-based indoor localization technologies play significant roles in various Internet of Things (IoT) services (e.g., location-based service). Most such technologies require that all the devices comply with a specified technology (e.g., WiFi, ZigBee, and Bluetooth). However, this requirement limits its application scenarios in today's IoT context where multiple devices complied with different standards coexist in a shared environment. To bridge the gap, in this paper, we propose a cross-technology localization approach, which is able to localize target nodes using a different type of devices. Specifically, the proposed framework reuses the existing WiFi infrastructure without introducing additional cost to localize Non-WiFi device (i.e., ZigBee). The key idea is to leverage the interference between devices that share the same operating frequency (e.g., 2.4GHz). Such interference exhibits unique patterns that depend on the target device's location, thus it can be leveraged for cross-technology localization. The proposed framework uses Principal Components Analysis (PCA) to extract salient features of the received WiFi signals, and leverages Dynamic Time Warping (DTW), Gradient Boosting Regression Tree (GBRT) to improve the robustness of our system. We conduct experiments in real scenario and investigate the impact of different factors. Experimental results show that the average localization accuracy of our prototype can reach 1.54m, which demonstrates a promising direction of building cross-technology technologies to fulfill the needs of modern IoT context.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제7권11호
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• pp.2657-2675
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• 2013

A novel neighbor selection-based fingerprinting algorithm using matrix correlation (MC) for Wi-Fi localization is presented in this paper. Compared with classic fingerprinting algorithms that usually employ a single received signal strength (RSS) sample, the presented algorithm uses multiple on-line RSS samples in the form of a matrix and measures correlations between the on-line RSS matrix and RSS matrices in the radio-map. The algorithm makes efficient use of on-line RSS information and considers RSS variations of reference points (RPs) for localization, so it offers more accurate localization results than classic neighbor selection-based algorithms. Based on the MC algorithm, an error estimation method using artificial neural network is also presented to fuse available information that includes RSS samples and localization results computed by the MC algorithm and model the nonlinear relationship between the available information and localization errors. In the on-line phase, localization errors are estimated and then used to correct the localization results to reduce negative influences caused by a static radio-map and RP distribution. Experimental results demonstrate that the MC algorithm outperforms the other neighbor selection-based algorithms and the error estimation method can reduce the mean of localization errors by nearly half.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.252-260
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• 2021

In this paper, a method of using Software Defined Radio (SDR) is proposed for improving the accuracy of identifying two kinds of signals as Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) signal and Bluetooth signal at the same frequency band of 2.4 GHz based on the time-domain signal characteristic. An SDR device was set up for collecting transmitting signals from Wi-Fi access points (Wi-Fi) and mobile phones (Bluetooth). Different characteristics between Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals were extracted from the measured result. The SDR device is programmed with a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth detection algorithm and a collision detection algorithm to detect and verify the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals based on collected IQ data. These methods are necessary for some applications like wireless communication optimization, Wi-Fi fingerprint localization, which helps to avoid interference and collision between two kinds of signals.

• 한국정보과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보과학회 2011년도 한국컴퓨터종합학술대회논문집 Vol.38 No.1(C)
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• pp.303-306
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• 2011

GPS 수신이 어려운 실내 환경에서 이동 단말기 사용자나 로봇의 위치를 추정하기 위해 WiFi 신호 강도를 이용하는 연구가 최근 들어 활발히 전개되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 WiFi 신호의 불안정성과 불확실성에 효과적인 가우시안 프로세서를 적용하여, 실내에서 이동 중인 스마트폰 사용자의 실시간 위치를 추정하는 방법을 제안한다. 실험을 통해 제안한 방법의 성능을 분석해보고, 성능 개선을 위한 확장 방안을 제시한다.