Wi-Fi Access Point Design Concept Targeting Indoor Positioning for Smartphones and IoT

Abstract

Indoor positioning systems (IPS) have been regarded as essential for many applications, particularly for smartphones, during the past decade. With the internet of things (IoT), and especially device-to-device (D2D) cases, the client is supposed to have a very simple structure and low cost. It is also desirable that the client contains minimal software modules specifically for IPS purposes. This study proposes a new IPS technique that satisfies these conditions. The evaluation of the technique was previously executed based on a manual procedure. This technique utilizes Wi-Fi technology in addition to a new design of two orthogonal phased antenna arrays. This paper provides a complete design of a Wi-Fi access point (AP), considered as the proof of concept of a commercial AP. For the system to be fully automatic, the proposed architecture is based on a Raspberry Pi, external Wi-Fi modules, a powered universal serial bus (USB) hub, and two orthogonal phased antenna arrays. The phases of each antenna array are governed by extra-phase circuits as well as a radio frequency (RF) switch. Extensive design parameters have been chosen through parametric sweeps that satisfy the design conditions. Software testing results for the antenna arrays are included in this paper to show the feasibility and suitability of the proposed antenna array for IPS.

Research and Implementation of Indoor 3D Positioning Algorithm Based on LED Visible Light Communication and Corresponding Parameter Estimation

“…The LED light emitting system realizes the light emitting communication function and provides an opportunity for the rapid development of visible light communication technology. As the most important branch of visible light indoor communication applications, visible light positioning system has been concerned by many scholars and researchers at home and abroad because of its simple equipment and low system price [ 32 ].…”

“…e LED light emitting system realizes the light emitting communication function and provides an opportunity for the rapid development of visible light communication technology. As the most important branch of visible light indoor communication applications, visible light positioning system has been concerned by many scholars and researchers at home and abroad because of its simple equipment and low system price [32]. In this paper, the reflection model of the wall surface is first proposed on the basis of the ideal direct beam model, and considering its impact on the indoor positioning effect, the Taylor series expansion iterative positioning algorithm and the classical least squares algorithm are used to achieve indoor positioning.…”

“…Respectively( x 1 , y 1 ),( x 2 , y 2 )和( x 3 , y 3 ) can be used to find the coordinates of the moving target [ 32 ]: …”

Smartphone Sensors for Indoor Positioning

“…The study [7] highlights the importance of indoor positioning for diverse applications, especially in the context of smartphones. In addition, the case of IoT concerning the requirements for device-to-device (D2D) communication is considered.…”