Time-space sampling and mobile device calibration for wifi indoor location systems

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 913-926

  Figuera, Carlos ^a   Rojo Lvarez, Jos Luis ^a   Mora Jimnez, Inmaculada ^a   Guerrero Curieses, Alicia ^a   Wilby, Mark ^a   Ramos Lpez, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

device calibration; fingerprinting; IEEE 802.11b; indoor location; Received signal strength; Sampling

Indexed keywords

DEVICE CALIBRATION; FINGERPRINTING; IEEE 802.11B; INDOOR LOCATION; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; STANDARDS; WI-FI;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 79961017486     PISSN: 15361233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2011.84     Document Type: Article

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