WiFi-based Enhanced Positioning Systems: Accuracy through mapping, calibration, and classification

ISA 2010 - Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Indoor Spatial Awareness

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-9

  Bell, Scott ^a   Jung, Wook Rak ^a   Krishnakumar, Vishwa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Location based services (LBS); Trilateration; WiFi mapping; WiFi based positioning system; WLAN coverage

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE LOCATION; CORRECTION FACTORS; DISCRETE STEP; EXPERIMENT TESTING; GPS-BASED NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; LINE-OF-SIGHT; LOCATION INFORMATION; LOCATION-BASED SERVICES; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NON-LINE-OF-SIGHT; POSITIONING SYSTEM; SASKATCHEWAN; SIGNAL STRENGTHS; TRILATERATION; URBAN CANYONS; WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES; WLAN COVERAGE;

AD HOC NETWORKS; CALIBRATION; FLOORS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPPING; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; SURVEYING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; WI-FI; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 78650919044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1865885.1865888     Document Type: Conference Paper

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