Developing Soft-Beacon as a Service Based on Online-Offline Positioning

The evolution of technology in recent times has been directed towards greater integration of functions related to a wide range of user needs. In this complex environment, access to accurate and up-to-date data is of paramount importance for successful completion of various tasks. As the networks evolve to the Internet of Things (IoT) level, data is being collected directly by various sensors from a wide variety of locations. This triggers additional complexity in terms of initializing, managing and maintaining a large number of sensors, necessitating a large and coordinated effort that could be costly for some organizations. In this work, we present an alternative method for implementation of sensing technology that can be described as Soft-Beacon-as-a-Service, which eliminates the need to use physical devices for this purpose. Instead, this method relies on the analysis of online and offline maps to monitor open spaces, while IMU units and angular movement and distance calculations are used to gather accurate location data about indoor environments. The development of this technique was primarily intended to benefit the scientific and business organizations by providing a simple and inexpensive way to acquire and analyze data based on the activity of this beacon.