Normalization of signal strength measurements for WLAN based indoor positioning

22nd International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation 2009, ION GNSS 2009

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages 3369-3377

  Leppäkoski, Helena ^a   Tikkinen, Saija ^a   Perttula, Arto ^a   Takala, Jarmo ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FIELD EXPERIMENT; HAND HELD DEVICE; INDOOR POSITIONING; MEAN ERRORS; POSITION ESTIMATION; RADIO MAPS; SIGNAL STRENGTH MEASUREMENTS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; NAVIGATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

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EID: 77952231072     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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