KR20120066733A - Gathering method of wifi ap information and wireless network rf information in building using sensor and determining the position metnod in building using these informations - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A gathering method of WiFi AP information and wireless network RF information in a building using a sensor and determining the position method in a building using information are provided to collect RF information of information of a wireless LAN and a mobile radio communications network. CONSTITUTION: A building collecting wireless LAN access point information is selected. An in-building wireless LAN AP measurement application in a measurement start location is operated. A reference position for measurement of the measurement application is determined. As a measurement of the measurement application starts, present position information, information of AP and RF information of mobile radio communications network are collected and then transmitted to a collection server.

Description

Gathering METHOD OF WiFi AP INFORMATION AND WIRELESS NETWORK RF INFORMATION IN BUILDING USING SENSOR AND DETERMINING THE POSITION METNOD IN BUILDING USING THESE INFORMATIONS}

The present invention relates to a method for positioning a smartphone (including other devices supporting the WiFi function) in a building (building), the sensor (acceleration, geomagnetic) of the smartphone (including other devices supporting the WiFi function) Location, wireless LAN (WiFi) AP information (RF information, MAC address, equipment name, etc.) and RF information of mobile communication network (base station information, etc.) using the application implemented using atmospheric pressure, gyroscope, GPS, etc. ) And how to locate and use smartphones (including other devices that support the WiFi feature) in a building using this information.

In the existing building (building), the method of collecting WLAN (WiFi) AP information collects the number of wireless LAN APs and each RF information in a building using a smart phone application or a measuring device in the building and collects the wireless LAN ( WiFi AP information data is transmitted and collects the WLAN AP information of the entire building or more specifically, collects the WLAN AP information from the floor of the building and transmits the data to the collection server. The collection server stores and manages the WLAN AP information based on the transmitted WLAN AP information on the basis of the building itself or the floor of the building, or on a cell basis (Cell-> Grid unit: 20m X 20m, etc.). It stores and manages WLAN AP information. That is, the building standard stores and manages WLAN AP information in units of entire buildings, and the grid unit standard stores and manages WLAN AP information in a defined grid. In connection with the positioning using the WLAN AP information, the positioning of the smart phone may be performed by using the above-described WLAN AP information collection unit.

In the method of collecting existing WLAN (WiFi) AP information and transmitting the data to the collection server, the collected information is collected based on the building or the floor of the building and transmitted to the collection server, and the WLAN at the collection server (WiFi) ) AP information management standard is stored and managed by building or grid standard. Problems caused by this are as follows.

1. The information collected by building or building level is not accurate

  not.

2.Smartphone (WiFi function)

  Accuracy is poor because of the positioning.

3 RF information of the mobile communication network in the in-house collected by using the above positioning method

Beam and quality analysis are less accurate.

In the above procedure, the credit card payment process after the order of the goods is the card through the card reader of the company that is confirmed by the customer and the clerk or the point of sale device (example) and connected to the wired or wireless communication line Process and complete payment. Problems caused by this are as follows.

Precise wireless AP (WiFi) AP information (RF information, MAC address, equipment name, etc.) for more precise positioning of smartphones (including devices that support WiFi function) in the aforementioned buildings (buildings) Location information in the building is needed, and new location methods and procedures are needed. In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides an in-building wireless LAN (WiFi) AP information and a mobile communication network RF information collection method using a sensor and an in-building positioning method using the same.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is located in the building using an application implemented using a sensor (acceleration, geomagnetic, atmospheric pressure, gyroscope, GPS, etc.) in the smartphone (including devices that support the WiFi function) According to the change or the change cycle of time, the location information of the smartphone in the building, the WLAN AP information, and the mobile communication network RF information are collected together and transmitted to the collection server. Provides a method for positioning the location of the smart phone (including devices that support the Wi-Fi function) in the building based on the WLAN (WiFi) AP information using the collected information.

The present invention uses a sensor (acceleration, geomagnetic, atmospheric pressure, gyroscope, etc.) and GPS information of the wireless LAN (WiFi) AP in the building (building) and RF information of the mobile communication network It is a method of collecting location-based information (base station information, etc.) and an in-building positioning method of measuring the location of a smart phone (including devices that support the WiFi function) in the building based on the collected information. According to the effect of the present invention using the information of the wireless LAN (WiFi) AP in the building using a more precise location data collection and collected location data for the smart phone (including devices that support the WiFi function) Precise positioning of smartphones (including devices with WiFi capability) within the building can be performed to provide the following functions and effects.

1. Location information in the building, wireless LAN (WiFi) AP information (RF information, MAC address, equipment name

  Etc.) and RF information collection (base station information, etc.) of the mobile communication network.

2.Automatic location information and wireless according to change of location or time period in building

  LAN AP information (RF information, MAC address, device name, etc.) and RF information of mobile communication network

  Provision of information collection).

3.The measurement cycle of the collection information can be adjusted by position change or time unit.

  Provides precision control of data acquisition units.

4.According to the measurement cycle standard in the building (adjust the position change value or adjust the time interval).

  Information on the (WiFi) AP (RF information, MAC address, device name, etc.)

  Effect of collecting RF information (base station information, etc.) of the communication network

5.Precision smart in in building using location based collected data in in building

Positioning effect on the phone (including devices that support the WiFi function).

The effects of the present invention described above briefly describe the functions and effects provided according to the present invention, and there may be other various functions and effects based on the present invention.

1 is a method for collecting in-building wireless LAN (WiFi) AP information of the present invention and utilizing the same
Korean building positioning system configuration example
2 is a process for collecting wireless LAN (WiFi) AP information and mobile communication network RF information according to the present invention.
Flowchart example
3 is a smart phone positioning example flow chart example of the present invention

The present invention uses a measurement application using sensors (acceleration, geomagnetic, atmospheric pressure, gyroscope, etc.) and GPS to locate information (RF information, MAC address, equipment name, etc.) of a WLAN AP in a building (building). It provides a building-based positioning method for measuring the location of the smart phone (including devices that support the WiFi function) in the building using the collected information based on the collected location-based wireless LAN (WiFi) AP information. . Referring to the location positioning procedure of the smart phone (including devices that support the Wi-Fi function) using the information gathered and collected data of the location-based WLAN (WiFi) AP of the present invention.

Example procedure for collecting information from a WLAN AP:

1. Select a building to collect wireless LAN (WiFi) AP information (RF information, MAC address, device name, etc.)

  All.

2. Start the in-building wireless LAN (WiFi) AP measurement application at the measurement start position.

-At this time, in the case of measuring by using a normal user's smartphone, the operation of the application

It can be adjusted remotely, and automatic operation may be possible depending on the conditions.

-The app will not work if GPS data is captured to identify the building measurement location.

You can also disable it.

3. Determine the measurement reference position of the measurement application

At this time, the location to be measured by using the GPS information or the map displayed in the app

The user can specify the location on the building.

4.Measurement app starts measuring, along with current location information (WiFi) of AP information (RF information,

  MAC address, equipment name, etc.), mobile communication network RF information (base station information, etc.)

  Data is sent to the collection server and changed according to the change of the moving position of the user.

  Wireless LAN (WiFi) AP (RF information, MAC address, device name, etc.) changed with location information

  And RF information (base station information, etc.) to the collection server.

At this time, the calculation of the change of the position of the user of the application is carried out by the sensors (acceleration, geomagnetic, atmospheric pressure,

Using algorithms developed using a gyroscope, etc.

You can also specify a location within the map of the building.

Algorithms for position changes can be made in several ways.

Location information to the collection server, wireless LAN (WiFi) AP information, mobile communication network RF information (base

Station information, etc.) delivery criteria may be based on time or changed location,

This criterion is adjustable. This criterion determines the precision of collecting information.

-The collection server must update and manage the collected WiFi AP information based on the existing location information from time to time.

5. When the measurement is complete, exit the measurement app.

-At this time, the standard of closing the application is to close the measurement application remotely or to measure by the user.

How to quit the application or when the signal of the end GPS is caught by time

Can be defined according to the user's intention.

Smartphone positioning procedure example:

1. Operate the in-building location positioning application in the building.

-The operation of the application can be adjusted directly or remotely, depending on the conditions

Operation may be possible.

-When GPS data is caught to limit the operation of the app outside the building

You can also disable this.

2. When you start positioning, the app will access the wireless LAN (WiFi) AP information (RF information) at the current location.

Baud, MAC address, device name, etc.) and mobile network RF information (base station information, etc.)

Collect and transmit the collected information to the collection server.

The start of positioning can be adjusted directly or remotely from the app.

3. The collection server moves with the WLAN AP information received from the building location positioning application

  Compare and analyze RF network information (base station information, etc.) with existing collected and managed information

  Delivers current location information in the building.

-The transmitted location information is stored and managed by reference unit in the existing collection server.

Wireless LAN (WiFi) information of the AP and the radio delivered from the location location application

Compare LAN (WiFi) AP information and sell it as a reference location unit for the nearest information.

Only.

The basis of the initial comparison is the peripheral mobile network RF information from the positioning application.

Wi-Fi AP information of nearby buildings (locations) based on (base station information, etc.)

Compare beams.

WLAN AP MAC address to be compared (including number), each RF value (intensity, frequency)

Etc.) and the name of the equipment.

4.In-building positioning app that received the current location information on the map of the app (building)

  Display the received location information.

-At this time, the operation of the in-building location positioning application can be displayed on the smartphone

There is also.

-If necessary, you can mark your current location on the Web on the web.

All. You can also request your location on your app (smartphone or PC app)

Can display the value

5.If necessary, use the in-building location positioning app on your smartphone to

  It can request to collect RF information of mobile network.

6.In-building location positioning application collects RF information from the current location of the building, location information

  Together with the RF information measurement request system.

7.When the measurement is completed, close the in-building location measurement app.

  Exit the building location measurement app remotely, or you can exit the measurement app

  On the user's intention, such as how to shut down when a GPS signal is detected

Thus it can be defined.

An information gathering procedure of a WLAN AP of the present invention will be described as an example in FIG. 2, and a smartphone positioning process will be described as an example in FIG. 3.

Claims (7)

Using sensors (acceleration, geomagnetism, atmospheric pressure, gyroscope, etc.) and GPS, information of the wireless LAN (WiFi) AP in the building (building) and RF information of the mobile communication network (base station information) Applications using algorithms that check the position change (or the user can specify the location directly using the measurement app) or the time period using sensors of the smartphone (including devices that support the WiFi function) in collecting Collects the location in the building, the information of the wireless LAN (WiFi) AP (RF information, MAC address, equipment name, etc.) together with the RF information of the mobile communication network and delivers them to the collection server.
How to The method of claim 1,
How to change the collection cycle to position or time cycle The method of claim 1,
The unit of change in the position of the collection cycle is a method that can be applied when the distance from all measured positions is over a certain interval (for example, meter (m) or centimeter (cm)). In the location positioning method of the smartphone (including devices that support the WiFi function) in the building, the mobile communication RF information received from the location application of the smartphone as a key (index), the previously collected movement of the collection server Compared with the RF information of the communication network and the information (RF information, MAC address, equipment name, etc.) of the WLAN AP in the surrounding buildings (buildings), it is connected with the value closest to the information of the WLAN AP. How to Position Smartphone Location in an Building with Location Information The method of claim 4, wherein
How to collect the mobile communication network RF information at the location of the smartphone in the building Using claim 4,
A service that provides the ability to check the location of smartphone users in the building Using claim 4,
Location-based services provided using in-building smartphone positioning

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