COMPASS: A probabilistic indoor positioning system based on 802.11 and digital compasses

WiNTECH 2006 - Proceedings of the First ACM International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation and Characterization (co-located with MobiCom 2006)

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 34-40

  King, Thomas ^a   Kopf, Stephan ^a   Haenselmann, Thomas ^a   Lubberger, Christian ^a   Effelsberg, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

802.11; Context aware applications; Digital compass; Location systems; Location based services; Positioning systems; Ubiquious computing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPASSES (MAGNETIC); ERROR DETECTION; MOBILE DEVICES; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

CONTEXT AWARE APPLICATIONS; DIGITAL COMPASS; LOCATION BASED SERVICES; LOCATION SYSTEMS; POSITIONING SYSTEMS;

POSITION CONTROL;

EID: 34247367653     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1160987.1160995     Document Type: Conference Paper

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