LANDMARC indoor positioning algorithm based on density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise–genetic algorithm–radial basis function neural network

• Published in: International journal of distributed sensor networks Vol. 16; no. 2; p. 155014772090783
• Main Authors: Ren, Jingqiu, Bao, Ke, Zhang, Guanghua, Chu, Li, Lu, Weidang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.02.2020; Wiley
• Subjects: genetic algorithm; LANDMARC; density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise; radial basis function neural network; smart city
• ISSN: 1550-1329; 1550-1477; 1550-1477
• DOI: 10.1177/1550147720907831

In recent years, fifth-generation communication technology has begun to experiment successfully. As an indoor positioning technology of the Internet of things, it changes with each passing day and shows great vitality in the development of smart cities. Aiming at the problem that existing radio frequency identification indoor positioning algorithm is prone to environmental interference and poor positioning accuracy, a LANDMARC indoor positioning algorithm based on density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise–genetic algorithm–radial basis function neural network is proposed. In this article, the signal intensity value is processed by Gaussian filter, and the noise points and boundary points are removed by density-based clustering algorithm. The threshold and weight of radial basis function neural network were optimized by genetic algorithm. With less data information, the relationship between the value of label signal strength and position coordinate could be established to improve the positioning accuracy of LANDMARC positioning algorithm. Experimental research shows that the average positioning error of the proposed LANDMARC algorithm based on density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise–genetic algorithm–radial basis function neural network is about 0.9 m, which is 64% lower than the average positioning error of the traditional LANDMARC algorithm and improves the indoor positioning accuracy.