SASMOTE: A Self-Attention Oversampling Method for Imbalanced CSI Fingerprints in Indoor Positioning Systems

WiFi localization based on channel state information (CSI) fingerprints has become the mainstream method for indoor positioning due to the widespread deployment of WiFi networks, in which fingerprint database building is critical. However, issues, such as insufficient samples or missing data in the collection fingerprint database, result in unbalanced training data for the localization system during the construction of the CSI fingerprint database. To address the above issue, we propose a deep learning-based oversampling method, called Self-Attention Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SASMOTE), for complementing the fingerprint database to improve localization accuracy. Specifically, a novel self-attention encoder-decoder is firstly designed to compress the original data dimensionality and extract rich features. The synthetic minority oversampling technique (SMOTE) is adopted to oversample minority class data to achieve data balance. In addition, we also construct the corresponding CSI fingerprinting dataset to train the model. Finally, extensive experiments are performed on different data to verify the performance of the proposed method. The results show that our SASMOTE method can effectively solve the data imbalance problem. Meanwhile, the improved location model, 1D-MobileNet, is tested on the balanced fingerprint database to further verify the excellent performance of our proposed methods.