Positioning Accuracy of Commercial BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) Beacon
Moch Fachri(a), Ali Khumaidi(a)
a) Informatics Engineering, Krisnadwipayana University
Jl. Jatiwaringin Raya, Pondok Gede, Jakarta Timur - Indonesia
Abstract
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon is a technology that attracted interesting attention in microlocation services. Signal broadcasted by BLE beacons, can be used for determine position of BLE enabled device that capture those signal. The potential of this device has been utilized by various manufacturers, and has been produced in compact forms with varying specifications. The diversity of available beacon devices provides many choices for users in adjusting the capabilities needed in the field. However, because the performance of the beacon device also varies due to the different manufacturing processes, this can lead to varying accuracy performance in microlocation positioning. This research presents the positioning accuracy of various commercially available BLE beacon devices. Accuracy data is obtained from beacon devices for indoor positioning taken from various mobile devices with BLE support. Our result shows the average accuracy that is not too deviate by various kinds of bluetooth beacons being tested.
Keywords: Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon; indoor positioning; BLE protocol
Topic: Informatic and Information System