iBeacon Applications and Hybrid Wi-Fi Localization

Abstract

Apple introduced iBeacon to the world in 2013. iBeacon allows you to do indoor geolocation and has essential features to application development. Since 2007, Wi-Fi localization has become the most popular indoor geolocation technology after used with iPhone. The purpose of this project was to develop an iBeacon application and use iBeaconโ€™s signals to improve the accuracy of Wi-Fiโ€™s localization. For the application, we developed an algorithm that allows us to count the number of people that are in a room and broadcast this information based on proximity. While the iBeacons are set up in place for this application, we also integrated it with Wi-Fi to improve the accuracy of Wi-Fi geolocation. We achieved this by developing a new algorithm called path-loss based nearest neighbor

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