Device self-calibration in location systems using signal strength histograms

Journal of Location Based Services

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 165-181

  Laoudias, Christos ^a   Piché, Robert ^b   Panayiotou, Christos G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

device calibration; histograms; positioning; signal strength fingerprints; wireless networks

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTIVE SOLUTIONS; DEVICE CALIBRATION; HISTOGRAMS; LOCATION INFORMATION; POSITIONING; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH; SELF-CALIBRATION METHOD; SIGNAL STRENGTH FINGERPRINTS;

GRAPHIC METHODS; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE DEVICES; RSS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS NETWORKS;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 84883655672     PISSN: 17489725     EISSN: 17489733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17489725.2013.816792     Document Type: Article

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