• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2010.06d
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• pp.222-225
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• 2010

최근 무선 인터넷 기술의 발달과 보급으로 인해 실생활에서도 쉽게 무선 네트워크를 이용한 통신을 할 수 있게 되었다. 무선 네트워크를 이용한 통신을 위해선 통신 망을 유지해 주는 AP(Access Point)가 필수적이다. 이러한 AP를 활용한 AP의 신호 세기를 이용하는 실내 위치 측위 기술은 위치 기반 서비스의 발달과 함께 주목 받고 있다. 본 논문에서는 실내 위치 측위에 많이 사용되는 삼각측량법을 개선하기 위해 다수의 무선 네트워크 인터페이스를 사용한다. 최근에는 하나의 디바이스에 여러 개의 무선 인터페이스가 장착되는 것이 보편화 되었는데 이러한 여러 개의 인터페이스를 활용하여 실내 위치 측위 값을 보정하였다. 실험 결과, 2개의 모듈을 사용할 때의 결과가 1개의 모듈을 사용했을 때 보다 평균 4.9% 좋은 성능을 보였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.239-241
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• 2011

Recently, studies on the indoor positioning system in application of wireless AP have been actively going on. The indoor wireless positioning system can be classified into several types according to the positioning techniques. Among them, the fingerprint technique is a technique that establishes the radio map by collecting MAC information of AP and RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indication) before executing positioning and then determines the position in comparison with the information of AP collected during the course of positioning. In the traditional fingerprint techniques, they control and manage by installing APs that are utilized for positioning. However, in case of specific indoors, the management can be done by installing a small number of APs but, in case of wide outdoors, it's practically impossible to install and manage equipments for positioning. In order to solve such problem, there is an improved fingerprint technique that utilizes the APs that are already scattered around. This technique will allow positioning without additional cost, but even the improved fingerprint positioning technique may incur dropped accuracy as well due to wide fluctuation of the AP information. In this paper, the traditional fingerprint technique and the improved fingerprint technique are explained in comparison, and we will compares difference in performance with the proposed WPS_WS (Wi-Fi Positioning System_Weak Signal) technique.

• KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.113-120
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• 2017

In recent years, indoor localization has been researched for the improvement of its localization accuracy capability in Wi-Fi environment. The fingerprint and RF propagation models has been the main approach in determining indoor positioning. With the use of fingerprint, a low-cost, versatile localization system can be achieved without the use of external hardware. However, only a few research have been made on virtual access points (VAPs) among indoor localization models. In this paper, the idea of indoor localization system using fingerprint with the addition of VAP in Wi-Fi environment is discussed. The idea is to virtually add APs in the existing indoor Wi-Fi system, this would mean additional virtually APs in the network. The experiments of the proposed algorithm shows the positive results when 2VAPs are used compared with only APs. A combination of 3APs and 2VAPs in the 3rd case had the lowest average error of 3.99 among its 4 scenarios.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.40 no.8
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• pp.1643-1654
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• 2015

With standardization of IEEE 802.11n, APs with the 2.4GHz and 5GHz dual-band capability have widely been deployed over a metropolitan area by individuals and internet service providers. Moreover, due to the increasing attentions on indoor-localization technique using Wi-Fi, the need for LOS and NLOS determination scheme is increasing to enhance accuracy of the localization. In this paper, we propose a novel LOS/NLOS determination technique by using different radio attenuation characteristics in different frequency bands and different mediums. Based on this technique, we designed a LOS/NLOS-aware indoor localization scheme. The proposed LOS/NLOS determination algorithm can be used when the distance between an user device and an AP is unknown, and the proposed localization scheme provides very accurate room-level position information. We validated the proposed scheme by implementing it on Android smart phones.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.39 no.9
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• pp.1-11
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• 2002

The optimal AP placement for wireless LAN is important factor for improving service quality and reducing cost. Decision of AP placement is depend on radio signal strength, environment factor and logical area property, which is user's frequently posed place. This paper proposes optimal multiple AP placement method based on radio prediction tool. The proposed method can get flexibility in multiple AP placement using user defined parameter and the optimization design uses Hopfield network algorithm. And path-loss model is used for one of radion prediction model. The result of simulation shows that it is efficiently reduces the process to find optimal AP placement. And the proposed optimization design of multiple AP placement can improve service quality for wireless LAN.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.63-69
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• 2020

In this paper, we propose an indoor positioning technique using the landmark based on relative Access Point (AP) signal strengths. The absolute values of AP signals are used to conventional indoor positioning technologies, but they may be different because of the difference of the measuring device, the measuring environment, and the timing of the measurements. However, we found the fact that the flow of the AP's RSSI in certain places shows almost constant patterns. Based on theses characteristics, we identify the relative strength between the APs and store the certain places as landmarks where they show certain patterns. Once the deployment of the landmark map is complete, system calculate position of user using the IMU sensor of smartphone and calibrate it with stored landmarks. Our system shows 75.2% improvement over technology that used only sensors, and 39.6% improvement over technology that used landmarks that were selected with absolute values.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2017.04a
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• pp.907-909
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• 2017

실내 환경에서 무인항공기(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UAV)를 활용하기 위해서는 실내에서 UAV의 위치 계산 방법이 요구된다. 실내 환경 내에서 위치를 측정하기 위해 블루투스 기반의 비콘(Beacon)과 세 개 이상의 AP(Access Point)를 활용하여 개선된 삼변측량법으로 위치를 계산한다. 개선된 삼변측량법을 활용하여 UAV의 위치를 계산하는 과정에서 AP에서 측정한 비콘의 거리 오차로 인해 개선된 삼변측량법으로 계산한 UAV의 위치에 대한 문제가 발생한다. 이 논문에서는 위치를 계산하는 과정에서 개선된 삼변측량법을 적용하는 과정에서 발생하는 문제를 해결하는 방법을 제안한다. 실험에서는 실내에서 제안한 방법을 활용하여 위치 측정한 결과와 기존의 삼변측량법을 활용하여 위치 측정한 결과를 비교하여 검증한다. 제안한 방법을 이용하여 기존의 삼변측량법을 68.67%의 위치를 개선하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.110-113
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• 2011

최근 스마트폰에서 Wireless AP를 이용한 대형 쇼핑센터 또는 주차장에서의 실내 측위 어플리케이션들이 등장하고 있다. 하지만 이 어플리케이션들은 측정된 RSSI와 frequency를 이용한 Friis공식으로 거리 환산을 하여 삼각측량법으로 측위를 하게 되는데, 이 방법은 거리를 구함에 있어 오차가 심하여 실제 위치 측정이 Room level정도만 가능하다. 따라서 이에 대한 오차를 줄여 실시간으로 사용자의 위치를 파악하고 주변 정보와 최단거리 등을 알려주는 서비스가 앞으로 상당수의 쇼핑센터 또는 실내 놀이동산 등의 실내 문화공간에서 사용 될 수 있을 것으로 예측되므로 이에 대한 연구 필요성이 강조 되고 있다. 이에 본 논문은 장애물이 많은 실내에서의 위치기반 서비스에 있어 좀 더 정확한 위치정보 제공에 대한 제안 방안이다. 이를 위하여 여러 실험과 안드로이드 기반의 데모 프로그램 작성을 통하여 연구 개발 하였다.

• Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.57-69
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• 2014

As of 2013, Korean population density is 505 persons per $1km^2$ and is ranked 3rd place in the most densely populated countries exception of city-states. It shows clearly the population is concentrated in the city area. To fulfil this urban concentration population demand, the enlargement and complexation of buildings, subway and other underground spaces connection tendency has been intensified, and it is need to construct the indoor spatial information DB as well as the accurate indoor surveying DB to promote people's safety and social welfare. In this study, Sadang station and Incheon National Airport were aimed for the construction of Wi-Fi AP location DB and RadioMap DB by collecting the indoor AP raw datas by using mobile device and those collected results were ran through the process of verification, supplementation, and analyzation. To evaluate the performance of constructed DB, 10 points in Incheon Airport- 3rd flr in block A, and 9 points in Sadang station-B1 were selected and calculated the estimated points and ran evaluation experiment using survey positioning error, which is distance between real position and the estimated position. The result shows that Incheon international airport's average and standard deviation was separately 17.81m, 17.79m and Sadang station's average and standard deviation was separately 22.64m, 23.74m. In Sadang station's case, the areas near the exit has low performance of surveying position due to fewer visible AP points than other areas. As total datas were examined except those position, it was verified that the user's location was mapping close position in surveying positioning by using constructed DB. It means that constructed DB contains correct Wi-Fi AP locations and radio wave patterns in object region, so it is considered that the indoor spatial information service based on constructed DB would be available.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.863-865
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• 2015

A method for estimating position is AOA, TOA, TDOA, Wi-Fi, Beacon etc. A method for estimating the location in indoor environment is used mainly Wi-Fi, Beacon. The reason is that AOA, TOA and TDOA are unfit to estimate position in indoor environment. To address this problem, this paper presents a AOA algorithm based on AP having a four directional antenna. The algorithm uses only the angle received from the four antennas. This can draw linear equations for signal. And calculate the intersections of the lines. Intersections means the position of user.