A Conceptual Digital Twin for 5G Indoor Navigation

Vladeta Stojanovic, Hossein Shoushtari, Cigdem Askar, Annette Scheider, Caroline Schuldt, Nils Hellweg, Harald Sternberg

Abstract

With the introduction of practices from Industry 4.0 in various Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owner and Occupant (AECOO) sectors, especially in Facilities Management (FM), new requirements concerning integration of digital data sources arise with prominence. Particularly with the increased use of the Digital Twin (DT) paradigm, the need to capture, store, process and present various data concerning the current and predicted states of the built environment becomes paramount. A conceptual and prototypical system design, focusing on integration, processing, analysis and visualization of data related to indoor navigation within modern buildings, is presented and discussed. Approaches for processing and presentation of key data sources, particularly indoor point clouds and as-is Building Information Modeling (BIM) data, combined with simulated 5G signal as localization approximation, are presented and discussed. A particular focus is placed on leveraging the Service-Oriented Architectures and Systems (SOA/SOS) paradigm for implementation of complex systems for meeting integration requirements of such diverse data sources. Finally, we discuss how such approaches can benefit from current and predicted use of 5G technologies, and provide experimental results from a case study conducted within a modern university campus building. The presented case study results demonstrate the feasibility of our approach, and provides a framework for future expansion, integration and evaluation with planned 5G infrastructure.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMOBILITY 2021
Subtitle of host publicationThe Eleventh International Conference on Mobile Services, Resources, and Users
EditorsOmar Sami Oubbati
Place of PublicationWilmington, DE
Pages5-14
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-61208-866-2
Publication statusPublished - 30 May 2021

Publication series

NameMOBILITY : International Conference on Mobile Services, Resources, and Users
PublisherIARIA
ISSN (Electronic)2308-3468

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