A hybrid positioning system for technology-independent location-aware computing

Software - Practice and Experience

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1095-1125

  Ficco, Massimo ^a   Russo, Stefano ^a,b  

^a Edificio 1   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bluetooth; Data sensor fusion; GPS; Handset based positioning; Hybrid location model; Infrastructure based positioning; JSR 179; Location aware computing; Mobile computing

Indexed keywords

DATA SENSOR FUSION; GPS; HANDSET-BASED POSITIONING; HYBRID LOCATION MODEL; INFRASTRUCTURE-BASED POSITIONING; JSR-179; LOCATION-AWARE COMPUTING;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BLUETOOTH; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; LOCATION; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE DEVICES; SENSOR DATA FUSION; SENSORS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; TECHNOLOGY; TELEPHONE SETS; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API);

EID: 68349138297     PISSN: 00380644     EISSN: 1097024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spe.919     Document Type: Article

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