SBC: scalable smartphone barometer calibration through crowdsourcing

Haibo Ye, Tao Gu, Xianping Tao, Jian Lu

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Abstract

We have seen increasingly popularity in embedding barometer into smartphone today. A barometer measures the barometric pressure, and it can be used for a variety of applications. For example, in localization techniques, it is used to detect the altitude or altitude change of a user. Unfortunately, the smartphone barometer measurement is not accurate, and it has to calibrate appropriately before use. In this paper, we present Scalable Barometer Calibration (SBC), a scalable, transitive calibration algorithm to automatically calibrate barometer for a large number of smartphone users. SBC requires neither any infrastructure nor any human intervention, it uses smartphone barometer and accelerometer only. SBC provides high accuracy of barometer calibration and minimum energy consumption, making it more realistic for real-world deployment. Our simulation and prototype system demonstrate the performance, scalability, and robustness of SBC.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services, MobiQuitous 2014
PublisherICST (Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering)
Pages60-69
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781631900396
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services, MobiQuitous 2014 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 2 Dec 20145 Dec 2014

Publication series

NameMobiQuitous 2014 - 11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services

Other

Other11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services, MobiQuitous 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period2/12/145/12/14

Keywords

  • Calibration
  • Crowdsourcing
  • Smartphone barometer

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