A Fuzzy Indoor Positioning System with ZigBee Wireless Sensors

Chih-Yung Chen; Yu-Ju Chen; Shen-Whan Chen; Chi-Yen Shen; Rey-Chue Hwang

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A Fuzzy Indoor Positioning System with ZigBee Wireless Sensors

Chih-Yung Chen, Yu-Ju Chen, Shen-Whan Chen, Chi-Yen Shen, Rey-Chue Hwang

Published in Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Volume 4, Issue 5)

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This paper presents an indoor positioning system (IPS) by using fuzzy estimation technique. The research aims to design an IPS with high stability, high accuracy and high reliability. The received signal strengths (RSS) sensed by ZigBee wireless sensors were used to estimate the object’s position. All studies were experimented at a 10x10 square meters’ indoor field. In all experiments, 361 positions (features) were estimated. From the experimental results shown, the fuzzy positioning technique proposed has the high accurate estimation even RSS signals are unstable. It is also clearly found that the positioning accuracy could be greatly improved when more wireless sensors are used in IPS.

Published in	Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Volume 4, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.jeee.20160405.12
Page(s)	97-102
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Indoor Positioning System, Fuzzy, ZigBee Wireless Sensor

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Chih-Yung Chen, Yu-Ju Chen, Shen-Whan Chen, Chi-Yen Shen, Rey-Chue Hwang. (2016). A Fuzzy Indoor Positioning System with ZigBee Wireless Sensors. Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 4(5), 97-102. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jeee.20160405.12

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Chih-Yung Chen; Yu-Ju Chen; Shen-Whan Chen; Chi-Yen Shen; Rey-Chue Hwang. A Fuzzy Indoor Positioning System with ZigBee Wireless Sensors. J. Electr. Electron. Eng. 2016, 4(5), 97-102. doi: 10.11648/j.jeee.20160405.12

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Chih-Yung Chen, Yu-Ju Chen, Shen-Whan Chen, Chi-Yen Shen, Rey-Chue Hwang. A Fuzzy Indoor Positioning System with ZigBee Wireless Sensors. J Electr Electron Eng. 2016;4(5):97-102. doi: 10.11648/j.jeee.20160405.12

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Chih-Yung Chen

Department of Computer and Communication, Shu-Te University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Yu-Ju Chen

Department of Information Management, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Shen-Whan Chen

Department of Communication Engineering, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Chi-Yen Shen

Department of Electrical Engineering, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Rey-Chue Hwang

Department of Electrical Engineering, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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Chih-Yung Chen, Yu-Ju Chen, Shen-Whan Chen, Chi-Yen Shen, Rey-Chue Hwang. A Fuzzy Indoor Positioning System with ZigBee Wireless Sensors. J Electr Electron Eng. 2016;4(5):97-102. doi: 10.11648/j.jeee.20160405.12

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