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  • Indoor positioning systems (IPS) lack a universal standard like outdoor Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS).
  • Collaborative Indoor Positioning Systems (CIPSs) offer performance improvements over non-collaborative systems.
  • Diverse technologies, techniques, and evaluation methods in CIPSs hinder direct comparison.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically review and categorize current Collaborative Indoor Positioning Systems (CIPSs).
  • To identify trends, common practices, and research gaps in CIPS development.
  • To provide a comprehensive overview of CIPS research from 2006-2020.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic literature review of 84 CIPS research articles (2006-2020).
  • Classification based on system architecture, infrastructure, technologies, techniques, and evaluation methods.
  • Analysis of trends towards distributed architectures and infrastructure-less systems.

Main Results:

  • Significant growth in CIPS research interest observed.
  • Trend towards distributed architectures and infrastructure-less CIPS.
  • Predominant technologies: Wi-Fi, Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth; techniques: Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI), Fingerprinting, Time of Arrival/Flight (ToA/ToF); methods: Particle Filters, Belief Propagation, Extended Kalman Filter (EKF), Least Squares (LS).
  • Simulations are the primary evaluation method.

Conclusions:

  • CIPS research is dynamic, with a clear shift towards decentralized and adaptable systems.
  • Wireless communication technologies are central to collaborative positioning.
  • Further research is needed to address identified gaps and explore emerging avenues in CIPS.