A comparison of deterministic and probabilistic methods for indoor localization

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 442-451

  Dawes, Brett ^a   Chin, Kwan Wu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

IEEE 802.11; Localization; RSSI fingerprinting; Wireless local area networks

Indexed keywords

ACCESS POINTS; ALGORITHMIC METHODS; BAYESIAN ALGORITHMS; IEEE 802.11S; INDOOR LOCALIZATION; INDOOR LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUES; INDOOR POSITIONING; K-NEAREST NEIGHBORS; LOCALIZATION; MODE FILTERS; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; PROBABILISTIC METHODS; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATION; RSSI FINGERPRINTING; SIGNAL SPACES; STANDARD DEVIATION;

ALGORITHMS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; STANDARDS; TEST FACILITIES;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 78951488604     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.11.888     Document Type: Article

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