Ubiquitous Positioning and Location-based Services in Mobile Devices

Course description

This short course will briefly introduce the fundamental positioning theory and methodologies based on the sensors and RF radios built in smartphones. It covers the positioning solutions for indoor and outdoor environments. The course will be concluded with a lecture of   location-based services with live demonstrations.

Course objectives

Upon successful completion of this short course, students should

• understand the fundamental theory and methodologies of smartphone positioning indoors/outdoors, and

• have the fundamental knowledge of mobile location-based services

Course outline

The course cover five lectures:

Lecture1: Introduction to ubiquitous positioning in smartphone

Lecture 2: Outdoor positioning with GNSS

Lecture 3: Outdoor positioning with RF radio signals

Lecture 4: Indoor Positioning

Lecture 5: Location-based services

Course methods

The course contents are taught through lectures and demonstrations. Students will be required to work out assignments.

Course assessment

The course grade depends on students’ performance in class activities, assignments, and project presentation.

Reading

Handout and copies of PowerPoint slides

Prerequisites

None

Lecturer

Ruizhi Chen, Liang Chen