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Generic airport location-based services using an integrated indoor positioning system
Journal of Airport Management,
14
(2),
123-140
(2020)
Abstract
This paper documents the results of an experiment to provide location-based services information to smart phone apps in an airport terminal from a back-end cloud-based server environment, replacing the need for smart phone app integration with proprietary location-based services software development kits (SDKs). Specifically, the experiment implements a low-energy Bluetooth (BLE) indoor positioning system (IPS) and a mobile application using a Representational State Transfer (REST) application programming interface (API) to a cloud-hosted IPS. A proprietary SDK is not required to be compiled into the native mobile application. The experiment tests a system architecture to determine if indoor positions can be processed by a cloud system instead of by a native mobile application using only Bluetooth radio signal readings. No other sensors and readings from the compass, accelerometer or gyroscope are required by the IPS to determine device location. The IPS’s performance is evaluated by measuring location accuracy, time to process location requests, client battery usage while using the API, and scalability to handle simultaneous API requests from multiple devices.
Keywords: application programming interface (API); beacons; geolocation; guidance; indoor positioning system; indoor wayfinding; location-based services
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Author's Biography
Ian Law passion is understanding the role of technology in business change and the transformative potential of technology in traditional bricks-and-mortar businesses. He is currently the Chairperson of Airports Council International’s (ACI) Business and Information Technology (BIT) and Aviation Community Recommended Information Services (ACRIS) Committees. He holds Computer Science (BSc) and MBA degrees. He has worked in various IT (information technology) and business change, transaction and operations roles in both the public and private sector.
Humphrey Loe is the Senior Application Architect at San Francisco International Airport since 2008. He is responsible for application and systems design for in-house, custom IT (information technology) solutions software and data services. He conducts pilot projects to research on the efficacy and sustainability of new technologies within an airport operational environment. He joined the Airports Council International’s (ACI) Aviation Community Recommended Information Services (ACRIS) in 2014, contributing to the development and design of data exchange standards and the ACI Semantic Model. He has degrees in electrical engineering (BSEE) and educational technology (MEd).
