Calibration-free approaches for robust Wi-Fi positioning against device diversity: A performance comparison

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fang, Shih Hau ^a   Wang, Chu Hsuan ^a   Chiou, Sheng Min ^a   Lin, Pochiang ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

calibration free system; Device diversity; heterogeneity; location fingerprinting; robust Positioning

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION-FREE SYSTEM; DEVICE DIVERSITY; HETEROGENEITY; LOCATION FINGERPRINTING; ROBUST POSITIONING;

CALIBRATION; MOBILE COMPUTING; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; RSS;

WI-FI;

EID: 84864982559     PISSN: 15502252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VETECS.2012.6240088     Document Type: Conference Paper

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