Stepwise algorithms for improving the accuracy of both deterministic and probabilistic methods in WLAN-based indoor user localisation

International Journal of Wireless Information Networks

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 207-216

  Deasy, Tadhg P ^a   Scanlon, William G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estimation; Indoor propagation; Localisation; RSSI; Wireless networks; WLAN

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ESTIMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RADAR SYSTEMS; RADIO SYSTEMS; RANDOM PROCESSES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

INDOOR PROPAGATION; LOCALIZATION; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATION (RSSI); WIRELESS NETWORKS; WLAN;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 12844256404     PISSN: 10689605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10776-004-1234-1     Document Type: Article

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