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WiFiScout: A Crowdsensing WiFi Advisory System with Gamification-Based Incentive
Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (2014, Philadelphia, PA)
  • Fang-Jing Wu
  • Tony Tie Luo, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

As mobile crowd sensing techniques are steering many smart-city applications, an incentive scheme that motivates the crowd to actively participate becomes a key to the success of such city-scale applications. This paper presents a crowd sensing WiFi advisory system called WiFiScout, which helps smartphone users to find good quality WiFi hotspots. The quality information is defined in terms of user experience and hence the system requires users to contribute information of their experience with WiFi hotspots. To motivate people to contribute such information, we design and implement a gamification-based incentive scheme in WiFiScout. It allows a user to "conquer WiFi territories" by becoming the top contributor for WiFi hotspots at different locations. The contribution is based on the diversity and amount of data a user submits, for which he will be rewarded accordingly. WiFiScout has been implemented on Android and it facilitates the collection of city-wide WiFi advisory information provided by real users according to their actual experience.

Meeting Name
11th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems, MASS 2014 (2014: Oct. 28-30, Philadelphia, PA)
Department(s)
Computer Science
Keywords and Phrases
  • crowdsourcing,
  • Participatory sensing,
  • smart city
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-147996035-4
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
10-1-2015
Publication Date
01 Oct 2015
Disciplines
Citation Information
Fang-Jing Wu and Tony Tie Luo. "WiFiScout: A Crowdsensing WiFi Advisory System with Gamification-Based Incentive" Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (2014, Philadelphia, PA) (2015) p. 533 - 534
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tony-luo/36/