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  • Computer Science
  • Signal Processing

Background:

  • Indoor positioning accuracy is a significant challenge with current radio-based technologies.
  • Existing methods struggle to provide reliable and precise localization in indoor environments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the use of Indoor Messaging System (IMES) radio for high-accuracy indoor positioning.
  • To develop a hybrid positioning method combining IMES radio strength and pedestrian dead reckoning to enhance localization accuracy.

Main Methods:

  • Modeling and identifying the carrier noise ratio versus distance relation for IMES radio signal propagation.
  • Developing trilateration and extended Kalman filtering methods incorporating the radio propagation model for position estimation.
  • Evaluating the hybrid method through robot and pedestrian localization experiments.

Main Results:

  • The hybrid positioning method achieved average estimation errors of 217 mm for robot localization and 1846 mm for pedestrian localization.
  • Experimental evaluation of human body influence on radio propagation suggests it can be modeled, explaining accuracy differences.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed hybrid positioning system effectively enhances indoor localization accuracy using IMES radio.
  • Understanding and modeling human body effects on radio propagation is crucial for improving pedestrian indoor positioning.