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  • Electrical Engineering
  • Geomatics Engineering

Background:

  • Crowdsourcing-based Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) systems reduce offline data collection for indoor localization.
  • Diverse devices and inaccurate annotations in crowdsourced data hinder accurate radio map construction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose an effective indoor radio map construction scheme (RMPAEC) addressing device diversity and annotation inaccuracies.
  • To enhance the accuracy and reliability of crowdsourced WLAN indoor localization systems.

Main Methods:

  • RMPAEC incorporates terminal equipment calibration, Pedestrian Dead Reckoning (PDR) position adjustment, and fingerprint amendment.
  • A selective particle filtering algorithm minimizes cumulative PDR errors.
  • An inter-device calibration algorithm based on receiver pattern analysis creates device-independent fingerprints.

Main Results:

  • The proposed RMPAEC scheme demonstrates higher localization accuracy compared to existing methods.
  • Experimental results validate the effectiveness of the RMPAEC solution in improving indoor radio map construction.

Conclusions:

  • RMPAEC offers a robust solution for constructing accurate indoor radio maps from crowdsourced WLAN data.
  • The scheme effectively mitigates challenges posed by device diversity and inaccurate location annotations, enhancing localization performance.