Title :
Smart indoor-outdoor positioning handover for smartphones
Author :
Ciurana Adell, Marc ; Gonzalez, Jesus Pablo
Author_Institution :
Indoor Positioning Unit, ASCAMM Technol. Centre, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
This paper presents the adopted approach to achieve ubiquitous and accurate positioning for smartphones and tablets in the Edumotion platform. It is based on loosely coupling WiFi-based positioning and GNSS, and puts special emphasis on the positioning handover method for indoor/outdoor transitions. The achieved handover solution tries to overcome the limitations of existing proposals in order to maximize positioning performance and user experience independently of the kind of user and scenario, while guaranteeing an easy and generic deployment. First tests in different kinds of scenarios demonstrate the validity of the proposed method.
Keywords :
indoor radio; mobility management (mobile radio); satellite navigation; smart phones; wireless LAN; Edumotion platform; GNSS; accurate positioning; indoor-outdoor transitions; loosely coupling WiFi-based positioning; positioning handover method; smart indoor-outdoor positioning handover; smartphones; tablets; ubiquitous positioning; Buildings; Couplings; Delays; Educational activities; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Irrigation; Smart phones; WiFi/GPS; fingerprinting; indoor; outdoor; positioning handover; ubiquitous positioning;
Conference_Titel :
Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Montbeliard-Belfort
DOI :
10.1109/IPIN.2013.6817892