Title :
Hybrid positioning framework for mobile devices
Author :
Bekkelien, A. ; Deriaz, Michel
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Services Sci., Univ. of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract :
A variety of technologies has emerged in response to an increasing demand for location aware applications. Nevertheless, single-technology systems have several limitations and vulnerabilities and it seems unlikely that such a system will be able to provide a universal solution. In this paper, we present the Global Positioning Module (GPM), a framework that seamlessly combines a multitude of approaches in order to supply mobile devices with indoor and outdoor positioning. The novelty of our work is the way in which position providers are integrated by using an abstraction derived from their performance properties. This allows for a selection of providers based on their suitability to the surrounding environment and to the user´s requirements with regards to accuracy, drift, power consumption and so on. Our aim is to provide a foundation for ubiquitous location based services, namely a transparent transition between the plethora of technologies available today.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; mobile handsets; GPM; Global Positioning Module; hybrid positioning framework; indoor positioning; location aware applications; mobile devices; outdoor positioning; power consumption; single-technology systems; transparent transition; ubiquitous location-based services; Acceleration; Accuracy; Context; Data models; Hardware; Mobile handsets; Power demand; hybrid positioning; mobile devices; model;
Conference_Titel :
Ubiquitous Positioning, Indoor Navigation, and Location Based Service (UPINLBS), 2012
Conference_Location :
Helsinki
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1908-9
DOI :
10.1109/UPINLBS.2012.6409759