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Area of Science:

Indoor positioning systems
Geomagnetism
Wireless communication

Background:

Traditional radio wave-based indoor positioning systems (e.g., Wi-Fi, Bluetooth) suffer from accuracy issues due to human shadowing and multipath effects.
Existing systems are often limited in department stores, exhibition halls, stations, and airports.
There is a need for more robust and accurate indoor positioning solutions.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a high-availability indoor positioning system by integrating Earth's magnetic field strength and Wi-Fi signals.
To improve the accuracy and reliability of indoor positioning compared to existing methods.
To investigate the impact of device orientation and database size on positioning accuracy.

Main Methods:

Utilized Wi-Fi signals for initial area identification through environment partitioning.
Employed signal pattern comparison of Earth's magnetic field (east-west, north-south, vertical) for positioning.
Applied k-nearest neighbors (KNN) and fingerprinting algorithms for fine-grained positioning.
Incorporated a rotation matrix to correct for device orientation errors.

Main Results:

Achieved an average positioning error of 0.57 m with 12-area partitioning, a 90% improvement over single-area partitioning.
Reduced average positioning error by 68% with a rotation matrix correction for a 30-degree pitch.
Demonstrated an average positioning error of 1.38 m using only 25% of the northern direction data in the offline phase.
Obtained an average positioning error of 1.77 m when reducing database requirements by 50% (reference points every 2 m).

Conclusions:

The combined Wi-Fi and magnetic field approach offers a significant improvement in indoor positioning accuracy and availability.
The system demonstrates robustness against device orientation variations.
Optimizing partitioning, data usage, and database density can further enhance performance and efficiency.