A study on outdoor positioning technology using GPS and WiFi networks

Sheng Cheng Yeh*, Wu Hsiao Hsu, Ming Yang Su, Ching Hui Chen, Ko Hung Liu

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Abstract

The most common technology which supports outdoor locating services is the global positioning system, GPS. It mainly receives the positioning satellite signals from over three satellites, and uses triangulation technique to compute the position. The satellite signals are easily interfered by non-line-of-sight (NLOS) wave and climate; thus, create significant positioning errors. The positioning technology based on wireless Local Area Networks (or WiFi) has matured gradually in recent years. The pattern matching method that takes the Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) at the receiving end as the fingerprinting is one of the key technologies. In order to improve the precision of positioning under unfavorable weather conditions or in NLOS outdoor environment, this study proposed a positioning technology based on a portable mobile device with GPS and WiFi-based Pattern Matching Method, to design a Selective Weighting Scheme. The experiments validated that the proposed technology is effective with an average positioning error of 3.8m less than that of GPS.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, ICNSC 2009
Pages597-601
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event2009 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, ICNSC 2009 - Okayama, Japan
Duration: 26 03 200929 03 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, ICNSC 2009

Conference

Conference2009 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, ICNSC 2009
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityOkayama
Period26/03/0929/03/09

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