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

Research Article

Performance Evaluation of Sensor-fused Energy-efficient Geofencing for Smartphones

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.mobiquitous.2014.258038,
        author={Tomohiro Nakagawa and Ken Ohta and Hiroshi Inamura and Makoto Suzuki and Hiroyuki Morikawa},
        title={Performance Evaluation of Sensor-fused Energy-efficient Geofencing for Smartphones},
        proceedings={11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services},
        publisher={ICST},
        proceedings_a={MOBIQUITOUS},
        year={2014},
        month={11},
        keywords={geofencing location-based service android},
        doi={10.4108/icst.mobiquitous.2014.258038}
    }
    
  • Tomohiro Nakagawa
    Ken Ohta
    Hiroshi Inamura
    Makoto Suzuki
    Hiroyuki Morikawa
    Year: 2014
    Performance Evaluation of Sensor-fused Energy-efficient Geofencing for Smartphones
    MOBIQUITOUS
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/icst.mobiquitous.2014.258038
Tomohiro Nakagawa1,*, Ken Ohta1, Hiroshi Inamura1, Makoto Suzuki2, Hiroyuki Morikawa2
  • 1: NTT DOCOMO, Inc.
  • 2: RCAST, The University of Tokyo
*Contact email: nakagawatom@nttdocomo.com

Abstract

Geofencing technology enables various location-based applications by detecting entrance to a predefined region and utilizes the event as a trigger to automatic communication or control of smart devices. In this paper, we implement the proposed geofencing system on Android based smartphone and evaluate performance through field trials. The system is composed of movement detection, variable interval positioning, and positioning method switching. We implement both of a system based on the proposed method, and a system based on Android Geofence function. Evaluation results show that the proposed algorithm reduces number of position fix by 79% compared to Android Geofence function, while maintaining entrance detection delay within acceptable range of 3 minutes.