Simulation or measurement: The effect of radio map creation on indoor WLAN-based localisation accuracy

Wireless Personal Communications

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 563-573

  Deasy, T P ^a   Scanlon, W G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estimation; Indoor propagation; Localisation; Wireless networks; WLAN

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMAL MAPPING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

RADIO MAPS; SIGNAL STRENGTH MEASUREMENTS; SIMULATED RADIO MAPS; TIME CONSUMING;

RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547336466     PISSN: 09296212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11277-006-9211-x     Document Type: Article

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