The document describes MIMOS Indoor Location Platform (Mi-ILP), which aims to provide indoor positioning capabilities using existing WiFi infrastructure with a software-only approach. It notes that people spend 80% of their time indoors and that indoor location services represent a large market opportunity. Mi-ILP uses wireless fingerprinting technology to estimate location based on WiFi signal signatures and provides APIs for applications to leverage indoor positioning. It has been piloted successfully in malls and allows for real-time tracking and mobility analysis using historical user data.

1. MIMOS Indoor Location Platform
(Mi-ILP)
Wireless Innovation Lab, MIMOS

2. Motivations
• People tend to spend more time indoor (80% of
time)
• Building getting higher, shopping malls getting
bigger
• No GPS indoor
• “The Indoor location market size is estimated to
grow from USD 4.72 billion in 2016 to USD
23.13 billion by 2021, at a Compound Annual
Growth Rate (CAGR) of 37.4% from 2016 to
2021” – Markets and Markets, Oct 2016
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3. “Location” Missing Context Indoor
• To date, the context of “location” remains
missing in the indoor environment
• With Indoor Positioning technology, a plethora of
diverse applications and the ability of providing
rich contextual information about people and
objects especially when combined with “big
data” kinds of analytics can be provided
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4. Indoor GPS Services
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5. Technical Advantages
• Positioning – where GPS signal is not
available
• Minimum Deployment Cost – leverage
on existing standard WiFi infrastructure,
zero infra cost  software-only approach
• Mass Market - smart phone/tablet based
solution, ready devices
• Security and Scalability - cloud-based
services
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6. Target Markets
 Underground parking
 Large enterprises, government
buildings
 Theme parks
 Museums
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7. Wireless Fingerprinting Technology
• Complex mathematical process to
1. generate “good quality” fingerprints which is robust,
accurate and easy to maintain
2. estimate spatial location point based on “noisy”
wireless signal signature of that particular location
• State-of-the-art research works indicate that this is one
of the most promising approaches for indoor
positioning in the future.
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8. Mi-ILP: Software Architecture
User
Applications
Software API
Mi-ILP
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9. Pilot Trials
IOI City MallMIMOS
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pkfgzb0g2ttwzns/AACN-YCBJOuWL1_Lw4ej7VYia?dl=0
Links for video demo
KLCC
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10. Real-time Tracking
Real-time person location monitoring
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11. Mobility Analysis
• Collect users’ historical data for analysis:
 Individual or crowd behavior
 Location heatmap analysis (time/day/month)
 Safety & security monitoring
Mobility analysis
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12. ILP-Enabled WiFi Tag for Asset/Equipment tracking
• Attached to asset or carried
by personnel (can be
customized as a tag)
• IEEE802.11b/g/n SOC
• Battery operated, low-power
• Communicate with server via
WiFi, LORA or 3G (needs
SIM card & dataplan)
• Tracked via Mi-MIST
dashboard
• Optional:
– Built-in Accelerometers,
Gyroscope, compass (motion
detection)
– Temperature, humidity, light
sensors for environment
monitoring
*Joint development with IoTLabs in progress
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