Using Bluetooth Low Energy Beacons for Indoor Localization

Authors

  • Murat KARAKAYA Atilim University
  • Gokhan SENGUL Atilim University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18201/ijisae.2017528726

Keywords:

Indoor localization, Bluetooth Low Energy, Beacons, kNN

Abstract

Recently Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Beacons gain high popularity due to their low consumption of energy and, thereby, long lifetime. Using the BLE protocol, these devices emit advertisement packets at fixed intervals for a short duration. Indoor localization solutions aim to provide an accurate, low cost estimate of sub-room indoor positioning. There are various techniques proposed for this purpose. BLE Beacons are good hardware candidates to assist the creation of such indoor localization solutions. Given the exact position of BLE Beacons, one can attempt to estimate a reciver position according to the received signal power. In this work, we investigated the success of such an indoor localization approach employing multiple BLE Beacons and two different estimation techniques. The results of the experiments indicate that employing multiple BLE Beacons increases the success of prediction techniques considerably.

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Author Biography

Murat KARAKAYA, Atilim University


Murat KARAKAYA Assistant Professor of Computer EngineeringAtılım University

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Published

29.06.2017

How to Cite

KARAKAYA, M., & SENGUL, G. (2017). Using Bluetooth Low Energy Beacons for Indoor Localization. International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering, 5(2), 39–43. https://doi.org/10.18201/ijisae.2017528726

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