Title: A green positioning algorithm for Campus Guidance System

Authors: Chi-Hua Chen; Bon-Yeh Lin; Chun-Hao Lin; Yen-Szu Liu; Chi-Chun Lo

Addresses: Institute of Information Management, National Chiao-Tung University, 1001, University Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan. ' Institute of Information Management, National Chiao-Tung University, 1001, University Road, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan. ' Institute of Information Management, National Chiao-Tung University, 1001, University Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan. ' Institute of Information Management, National Chiao-Tung University, 1001, University Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan. ' Institute of Information Management, National Chiao-Tung University, 1001, University Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan

Abstract: In this paper, we propose a new CGS, called the Green Campus Guidance System (GCGS). The GCGS employs the Fingerprint Position Algorithm (FPA) using Received Signal Strength (RSS) from mobile stations/user equipment through cellular networks and Location-Based Services (LBSs) for user reference. In experiments, the results show that the error of location estimation using FPA is about 9.92 m. As to power consumption, the cost per sample of GPS is 27.68 times of that of FPA. Consequently, the FPA exerts itself as a green positioning algorithm, and thus can be used to support GCGS.

Keywords: mobile communications; location services; LBSs; location-based service; location determination; cellular networks; RSS; received signal strength; fingerprint positioning; CGS; campus guidance systems; web services; green computing; location estimation; power consumption.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2012.045669

International Journal of Mobile Communications, 2012 Vol.10 No.2, pp.119 - 131

Published online: 29 Feb 2012 *

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