Journal
SENSORS
Volume 22, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s22030797
Keywords
indoor positioning systems; wireless networks; IoT; phased antenna arrays
Funding
- Yeungnam University Research Grant
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This study proposes a new technique for indoor positioning systems that utilizes Wi-Fi technology and a new design of two orthogonal phased antenna arrays. The design parameters were chosen through parametric sweeps and software testing results showed the feasibility and suitability of the proposed antenna array for indoor positioning.
Indoor positioning systems (IPS) have been regarded as essential for many applications, particularly for smartphones, during the past decade. With the internet of things (IoT), and especially device-to-device (D2D) cases, the client is supposed to have a very simple structure and low cost. It is also desirable that the client contains minimal software modules specifically for IPS purposes. This study proposes a new IPS technique that satisfies these conditions. The evaluation of the technique was previously executed based on a manual procedure. This technique utilizes Wi-Fi technology in addition to a new design of two orthogonal phased antenna arrays. This paper provides a complete design of a Wi-Fi access point (AP), considered as the proof of concept of a commercial AP. For the system to be fully automatic, the proposed architecture is based on a Raspberry Pi, external Wi-Fi modules, a powered universal serial bus (USB) hub, and two orthogonal phased antenna arrays. The phases of each antenna array are governed by extra-phase circuits as well as a radio frequency (RF) switch. Extensive design parameters have been chosen through parametric sweeps that satisfy the design conditions. Software testing results for the antenna arrays are included in this paper to show the feasibility and suitability of the proposed antenna array for IPS.
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