Adding link quantity information to redundant RF signal strength estimates for improved indoor positioning

2012 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation, IPIN 2012 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fink, Andreas ^a   Beikirch, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Centroid Localization; Indoor Positioning; Link Quantity Information; Received Signal Strength; RF Channel Diversity

Indexed keywords

CENTROID LOCALIZATION; INDOOR POSITIONING; LINK QUANTITY INFORMATION; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH; RF CHANNELS;

COAL MINES; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; POSITION MEASUREMENT; RADIO LINKS; RSS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84874242154     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPIN.2012.6418859     Document Type: Conference Paper

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