Positioning by fingerprinting with multiple cells in NB-IoT networks Show others and affiliations
2022 (English) In: / [ed] Nurmi, J; Lohan, ES; Sospedra, JT; Kuusniemi, H ; Ometov, A, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) has quickly become a leading technology in the deployment of IoT systems and services, thanks to its appealing features in terms of coverage and energy efficiency, as well as compatibility with existing mobile networks. Increasingly, IoT services and applications require location information to be paired with data collected by devices; NB-IoT still lacks, however, reliable positioning methods. Time-based techniques inherited from Long Term Evolution (LTE) are not yet widely available in existing networks, and are expected to perform poorly on NB-IoT signals due to their narrow bandwidth. This investigation proposes a set of strategies for NB-IoT positioning, based on fingerprinting, that use coverage and radio information from multiple cells. The proposed strategies are evaluated on a large-scale dataset that includes experimental data from two NB-IoT operators. Results show that the proposed strategies, using a combination of coverage and radio information from multiple cells, outperform current state-of-the-art approaches based on single cell finger-printing, with a minimum average positioning error of about 20 meters, consistent across different network scenarios, vs. about 70 meters for current state-of-the-art.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022.
Series
International Conference on Localization and GNSS
Keywords [en]
Cells; Cytology; Energy efficiency; Large dataset; Long Term Evolution (LTE), ’current; Fingerprinting; Leading technology; Location information; Multiple cells; Narrow bands; Narrowband internet of thing; Positioning; Positioning methods; Services and applications, Internet of things
National Category
Energy Systems Occupational Health and Environmental Health Condensed Matter Physics
Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-91608 DOI: 10.1109/ICL-GNSS54081.2022.9797029 ISI: 000850372300014 Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85134620393 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-91608 DiVA, id: diva2:1691046
Conference 12th International Conference on Localization, Navigation and GNSS (ICL-GNSS)
Funder European Commission, 815178 2022-08-292022-08-292023-06-30 Bibliographically approved