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JLGBMLoc-A Novel High-Precision Indoor Localization Method Based on LightGBM.

Lu Yin¹, Pengcheng Ma¹, Zhongliang Deng¹

¹School of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)

|April 30, 2021

Summary

This study introduces JLGBMLoc, a new Wi-Fi localization method. It significantly improves indoor positioning accuracy by using a joint denoising auto-encoder and LightGBM for better fingerprint data processing.

Keywords:

JLGBMLoc Wi-Fi fingerprint denoising auto-encoder indoor localization

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Electrical Engineering

Background:

Wi-Fi localization is crucial for location-based services.
Received Signal Strength (RSS) based localization faces challenges like multipath interference and sparse fingerprint data, limiting accuracy.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a novel indoor positioning method, JLGBMLoc, to overcome the accuracy limitations of existing Wi-Fi localization systems.
To enhance feature representation and restore fingerprint data for improved localization accuracy.

Main Methods:

Developed a Joint Denoising Auto-Encoder (JDAE) for feature extraction and data restoration from high-dimensional, sparse fingerprint data.
Integrated LightGBM with a leaf-wise, depth-limited algorithm for efficient Wi-Fi localization using processed fingerprint data.

Main Results:

The JLGBMLoc method demonstrated a dramatic increase in positioning accuracy on the UJIIndoorLoc and Tampere datasets.
Experimental results show superior performance compared to existing Wi-Fi localization methods.

Conclusions:

JLGBMLoc offers a significant advancement in Wi-Fi based indoor positioning accuracy.
The proposed JDAE and LightGBM integration effectively addresses challenges in fingerprint data processing for enhanced localization.