Analysis of Bluetooth signal parameters for indoor positioning systems

Fazli Subhan*, Halabi Hasbullah, Azat Rozyyev, Sheikh Tahir Bakhsh

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Abstract

Bluetooth is a low-cost and low-power short range wireless communication standard. Now a days nearly all the portable devices are equipped with Bluetooth functionality. Due to its wide spread usage and applications for short range wireless communication, this technology can be used for indoor position estimation. Currently, Bluetooth specifications provide two kinds of signal parameters which can be classified as connection-based and inquiry-based signal parameters. Connection-based signal parameters require an active Bluetooth connection between sender and receiver, while an inquiry-based signal parameters do not require an active connection. This paper investigates both kinds of signal parameters experimentally using different sets of Bluetooth USB dongles in order to select the suitable parameter for distance estimation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012 - Conference Proceedings
Pages784-789
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Sept 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Duration: 12 Jun 201214 Jun 2012

Publication series

Name2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012 - Conference Proceedings
Volume2

Conference

Conference2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityKuala Lumpur
Period12/06/1214/06/12

Keywords

  • Bluetooth
  • Position estimation
  • Signal parameters

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