{"id":4557,"date":"2020-01-03T10:40:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T10:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4557"},"modified":"2020-01-03T10:40:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T10:40:39","slug":"comparison-of-bluetooth-le-locating-methods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/comparison-of-bluetooth-le-locating-methods\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison of Bluetooth LE Locating Methods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There&#8217;s research just published on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"A Comparison Analysis of BLE-Based Algorithms for Localization in Industrial Environments (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2079-9292\/9\/1\/44\" target=\"_blank\">A Comparison Analysis of BLE-Based Algorithms for Localization in Industrial Environments<\/a>. The research compares trilateration, fingerprinting and a machine-learning based k-nearest neighbors regressor for determining the location from signals from multiple beacons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/electronics-09-00044-g002-1024x528.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/electronics-09-00044-g002-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/electronics-09-00044-g002-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/electronics-09-00044-g002-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/electronics-09-00044-g002-1536x792.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/electronics-09-00044-g002-2048x1056.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/electronics-09-00044-g002-1200x619.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Multi-layer perceptron (MLP) schematic model<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/electronics-09-00044-g007-1024x528.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/electronics-09-00044-g007-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/electronics-09-00044-g007-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/electronics-09-00044-g007-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/electronics-09-00044-g007-1536x792.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/electronics-09-00044-g007-2048x1056.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/electronics-09-00044-g007-1200x619.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Error box plots for the three fingerprinting algorithms with different beacon densities. Results for a fingerprint grid with one measurement every 0.5 m.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The results show fingerprinting is better than distance-based schemes in industrial environments due to the presence of large moving metal objects that shadow and reflect wireless signals. The three methods were found to provide similar localisation accuracy. The authors say the machine learning method is best due to less complexity and better adaptability. The machine learning method does not need regular calibration as is the case with fingerprinting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/bluetoothleposition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Determining Location Using Bluetooth Beacons (opens in a new tab)\">Determining Location Using Bluetooth Beacons<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s research just published on A Comparison Analysis of BLE-Based Algorithms for Localization in Industrial Environments. The research compares trilateration, fingerprinting and a machine-learning based k-nearest neighbors regressor for determining the location from signals from multiple beacons. The results show fingerprinting is better than distance-based schemes in industrial environments due to the presence of large &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/comparison-of-bluetooth-le-locating-methods\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Comparison of Bluetooth LE Locating Methods&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,32,130],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4560,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557\/revisions\/4560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}