A new smartphone-based indoor GPS positioning system

Rui Xu, Wu Chen, Yang Yang, Jianye Liu, Rongbin Li

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Abstract

The widespread use of GPS module in mobile devices causes the GPS-based positioning solution low cost, easy to use and access for end users. However, it is difficult for GNSS to provide reliable positioning information due to additional signal attenuation and blocking caused by buildings and construction materials. To take advantage of the embedded GPS module of mobile device in indoor environments without firmware/hardware-level modification, we propose a new GPS-based indoor positioning system. The main idea of the system is that the system separately forwards the outdoor GNSS signals to indoor environment through distributed indoor transmitting antennas. The crucial part of the system is Receiver-and-Transmitter (RX/Tx), which is able to separate and forward the outdoor signals to indoor environment. The theory and implementation of the Rx/Tx is introduced in the paper. The simulation results show the indoor positioning system is robust to the outdoor environments, such as ionospheric delay, tropospheric delay and so on. It is able to provide horizontal position with accuracy of about 2 m with the advantage of no hardware/firmware-level modification requirement on the mobile devices. The primary experimental test results show the feasibility of the proposed system but indoor multipath must be mitigated.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication29th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, ION GNSS 2016
PublisherInstitute of Navigation
Pages1838-1842
Number of pages5
Volume3
ISBN (Electronic)9781510834101
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2016
Event29th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, ION GNSS 2016 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, United States
Duration: 12 Sept 201616 Sept 2016

Conference

Conference29th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, ION GNSS 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPortland
Period12/09/1616/09/16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Software
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Communication
  • Information Systems
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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