Integrating Indoor Localization Systems Through a Handoff Protocol

The increasing adoption of location-based services drives the pervasive adoption of localization systems available anywhere. Environments equipped with multiple indoor localization systems (ILSs) require managing the transition from one ILS to another in order to continue localizing the user&#x0...

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Main Authors: Francesco Furfari, Michele Girolami, Paolo Barsocchi
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
Series:IEEE Journal of Indoor and Seamless Positioning and Navigation
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10471883/
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description The increasing adoption of location-based services drives the pervasive adoption of localization systems available anywhere. Environments equipped with multiple indoor localization systems (ILSs) require managing the transition from one ILS to another in order to continue localizing the user's device even when moving indoor or outdoor. In this article, we focus on the handoff procedure, whose goal is to enable a device to trigger the transition between ILSs when specific conditions are verified. We distinguish between the triggering and managing operations, each requiring specific actions. We describe the activation of the handoff procedure by considering three types of ILSs design, each with increasing complexity. Moreover, we define five handoff algorithms-based RSSI signal analysis and we test them in a realistic environment with two nearby ILSs. We establish a set of evaluation metrics to measure the performance of the handoff procedure.
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spelling doaj-art-37fe779f5cf04f5b81e7f3860446efbf2025-08-20T02:05:01ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of Indoor and Seamless Positioning and Navigation2832-73222024-01-01213014210.1109/JISPIN.2024.337714610471883Integrating Indoor Localization Systems Through a Handoff ProtocolFrancesco Furfari0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4957-828XMichele Girolami1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3683-7158Paolo Barsocchi2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6862-7593Institute of Information Science and Technologies, National Research Council, Pisa, ItalyInstitute of Information Science and Technologies, National Research Council, Pisa, ItalyInstitute of Information Science and Technologies, National Research Council, Pisa, ItalyThe increasing adoption of location-based services drives the pervasive adoption of localization systems available anywhere. Environments equipped with multiple indoor localization systems (ILSs) require managing the transition from one ILS to another in order to continue localizing the user's device even when moving indoor or outdoor. In this article, we focus on the handoff procedure, whose goal is to enable a device to trigger the transition between ILSs when specific conditions are verified. We distinguish between the triggering and managing operations, each requiring specific actions. We describe the activation of the handoff procedure by considering three types of ILSs design, each with increasing complexity. Moreover, we define five handoff algorithms-based RSSI signal analysis and we test them in a realistic environment with two nearby ILSs. We establish a set of evaluation metrics to measure the performance of the handoff procedure.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10471883/Bluetooth low energyhandoffindoor localizationlocation-based services (LBSs)
spellingShingle Francesco Furfari
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Paolo Barsocchi
Integrating Indoor Localization Systems Through a Handoff Protocol
IEEE Journal of Indoor and Seamless Positioning and Navigation
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handoff
indoor localization
location-based services (LBSs)
title Integrating Indoor Localization Systems Through a Handoff Protocol
title_full Integrating Indoor Localization Systems Through a Handoff Protocol
title_fullStr Integrating Indoor Localization Systems Through a Handoff Protocol
title_full_unstemmed Integrating Indoor Localization Systems Through a Handoff Protocol
title_short Integrating Indoor Localization Systems Through a Handoff Protocol
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topic Bluetooth low energy
handoff
indoor localization
location-based services (LBSs)
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10471883/
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