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Experience: Pushing Indoor Localization from Laboratory to the Wild

  • Jiazhi Ni
  • , Fusang Zhang
  • , Jie Xiong
  • , Qiang Huang
  • , Zhaoxin Chang
  • , Junqi Ma
  • , Binbin Xie
  • , Pengsen Wang
  • , Guangyu Bian
  • , Xin Li
  • , Chang Liu
  • Tencent
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • University of Massachusetts

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Abstract

While GPS-based outdoor localization has become a norm, very few indoor localization systems have been deployed and used. In this paper, we share our 5-year experience on the design, development and evaluation of a large-scale WiFi indoor localization system. We address practical challenges encountered to bridge the gap between indoor localization research in the laboratory and system deployment in the wild. The system is currently used in 1469 shopping malls, 393 office buildings and 35 hospitals across 35 cities to provide location service to millions of users on a daily basis. We hope the shared experience can benefit the design of real-world indoor localization systems and the practical problems identified can change the focus of indoor localization research. We released our dataset that contains fingerprints collected from 1469 shopping malls and one office building.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationACM MobiCom 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 28th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages147-157
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)9781450391818
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Oct 2022
Externally publishedYes
Event28th ACM Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MobiCom 2022 - Sydney, Australia
Duration: 17 Oct 220221 Oct 2202

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MOBICOM
ISSN (Print)1543-5679

Conference

Conference28th ACM Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MobiCom 2022
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney
Period17/10/0221/10/02

Keywords

  • indoor localization
  • labor-free fingerprint collection
  • large-scale localization
  • real-world deployment
  • wifi access point name-location matching
  • wifi-based localization

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