Reliability evaluation of iBeacon for micro-localization

Md Sayedul Aman; Haowen Jiang; Cuyler Quint; Kumar Yelamarthi; Ahmed Abdelgawad

doi:10.1109/UEMCON.2016.7777904

Reliability evaluation of iBeacon for micro-localization

Md Sayedul Aman, Haowen Jiang, Cuyler Quint, Kumar Yelamarthi, Ahmed Abdelgawad

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Abstract

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) enabled iBeacon is a low-power device and is suitable for many proximity and location-based applications. Micro-localization refers to the phenomena of tracking a target with high accuracy, which is an integral part of location-aware applications, both indoor and outdoor. Although many approaches towards localization have already been proposed in many research works, Received Signal Strength Identification (RSSI) based localization using the latest BLE technology is comparatively a new concept and it reduces the energy requirements of such applications. But RSSI based distance calculation provide only a rough estimation of the proximity and does not give an accurate result for micro-localization. This paper presents and evaluates a computationally simple method for micro-localization of an object from the RSSI values from a collection of iBeacons so the method can be used in devices with very low processing power. Among the different scenarios the experiments were conducted, most of them resulted in localization error of less than 1m.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE 7th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, UEMCON 2016
Editors	Himadri Nath Saha, Satyajit Chakrabarti
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509014965
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/UEMCON.2016.7777904
State	Published - Dec 7 2016
Event	7th IEEE Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, UEMCON 2016 - New York City, United States Duration: Oct 20 2016 → Oct 22 2016

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Name	2016 IEEE 7th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, UEMCON 2016

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Conference	7th IEEE Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, UEMCON 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	New York City
Period	10/20/16 → 10/22/16

Keywords

BLE
Micro-localization
RSSI
iBeacon

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Aman, M. S., Jiang, H., Quint, C., Yelamarthi, K., & Abdelgawad, A. (2016). Reliability evaluation of iBeacon for micro-localization. In H. N. Saha, & S. Chakrabarti (Eds.), 2016 IEEE 7th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, UEMCON 2016 Article 7777904 (2016 IEEE 7th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, UEMCON 2016). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/UEMCON.2016.7777904

Aman, Md Sayedul ; Jiang, Haowen ; Quint, Cuyler et al. / Reliability evaluation of iBeacon for micro-localization. 2016 IEEE 7th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, UEMCON 2016. editor / Himadri Nath Saha ; Satyajit Chakrabarti. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. (2016 IEEE 7th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, UEMCON 2016).

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Aman, MS, Jiang, H, Quint, C, Yelamarthi, K & Abdelgawad, A 2016, Reliability evaluation of iBeacon for micro-localization. in HN Saha & S Chakrabarti (eds), 2016 IEEE 7th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, UEMCON 2016., 7777904, 2016 IEEE 7th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, UEMCON 2016, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 7th IEEE Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, UEMCON 2016, New York City, United States, 10/20/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/UEMCON.2016.7777904

Reliability evaluation of iBeacon for micro-localization. / Aman, Md Sayedul; Jiang, Haowen; Quint, Cuyler et al.
2016 IEEE 7th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, UEMCON 2016. ed. / Himadri Nath Saha; Satyajit Chakrabarti. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. 7777904 (2016 IEEE 7th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, UEMCON 2016).

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Aman MS, Jiang H, Quint C, Yelamarthi K, Abdelgawad A. Reliability evaluation of iBeacon for micro-localization. In Saha HN, Chakrabarti S, editors, 2016 IEEE 7th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, UEMCON 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016. 7777904. (2016 IEEE 7th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, UEMCON 2016). doi: 10.1109/UEMCON.2016.7777904

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