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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Occupancy Monitoring Using BLE Beacons: Intelligent Bluetooth Virtual Door System.

Nasrettin Koksal, AbdulRahman Ghannoum, William Melek, Patricia Nieva

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Nasrettin KoksalMechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2723-2111
AbdulRahman GhannoumDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-1647-5233
William MelekMechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
Patricia NievaMechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.

Funding

MITACS Accelerate program of Canada IT25183
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Occupancy monitoring (OM) and the localization of individuals within indoor environments using wearable devices offer a very promising data communication solution in applications such as home automation, smart office management, outbreak monitoring, and emergency operating plans. OM is challenging when developing solutions that focus on reduced power consumption and cost. Bluetooth low energy (BLE) technology is energy- and cost-efficient compared to other technologies. Integrating BLE Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) signals with machine learning (ML) introduces a new Artificial Intelligence- (AI-) enhanced OM approach. In this paper, we propose an Intelligent Bluetooth Virtual Door (IBVD) OM system for the indoor/outdoor tracking of individuals using the interaction between a BLE device worn by the occupant and two BLE beacons located at the entrance/exit points of a doorway. ML algorithms are used to perform intelligent OM through pattern detection from the BLE RSSI signal(s). This approach differs from other technologies in that it does not require any floorplan information. The developed OM system achieves a range between 96.6% and 97.3% classification accuracy for all tested ML models, where the error translates to a minor delay in the time in which an individual's location is classified, introducing a highly reliable indoor/outdoor tracking system.

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BLEdeep learninghybrid learningneural networkoccupancy monitoringRSSI

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PMID40363078
PMCPMC12074332

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