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A Distance Estimation Scheme Based on WLAN RF Properties for Localization of Mobile Terminals

WLAN 전파특성 기반 실내 위치설정을 위한 이동단말의 거리추정 기법

  • Received : 2014.05.09
  • Accepted : 2014.07.16
  • Published : 2014.07.31
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Abstract

In the context-aware services, localization is an important technical element. Due to the easy to use and low cost, it was widely enabled with RF properties such as RSSI. However, RSSI is known to be not appropriated for indoor localization, because it tends to show big variance in time and is greatly effected with the multipath. This paper proposes a distance estimation process and its constituted methods for indoor localization, by making use of the other WLAN's RF property, CSI(Channel State Information). Firstly we define a comprehensive localization process, and suggest a calibration algorithm of environment factors in the path loss propagation model. Then, by implementing them with a commercial WLAN module, an the proposed process and methods are evaluated in terms of usefulness.

상황인식 서비스에서 위치설정은 매우 중요한 기술 요소이다. RSSI와 같은 전파특성 지수가 편리하고 저렴한 이유로 널리 사용되고 있다. 그러나 RSSI는 시간에 따른 변화가 크고 다중경로에 취약성으로 실내 환경에서 위치 설정에 적절하지 않다. 본 논문은 WLAN의 RF 전파특성 지수인 CSI(Channel State Information)를 이용하여 실내에서 임의 단말의 위치설정을 위한 거리추정에 소요되는 절차와 기법들을 제시한다. 먼저 거리추정의 포괄적인 절차를 정의하고, 거리대비 전파손실 모델의 환경 특성값을 보정하는 알고리즘을 제시한다. 상용 WLAN 통신모듈을 이용한 실험을 통하여 제안된 절차와 기법의 유용성에 대해서 분석한다.

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