A review on device-free passive indoor positioning methods

International Journal of Smart Home

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-94

  Kivimäki, Tero ^a   Vuorela, Timo ^a   Peltola, Pekka ^a   Vanhala, Jukka ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Device free positioning; Human positioning; Indoor location; Pervasive positioning; Smart environments

Indexed keywords

DEVICE-FREE; HUMAN POSITIONING; INDOOR LOCATIONS; PERVASIVE POSITIONING; SMART ENVIRONMENT;

AUTOMATION;

INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS;

EID: 84893805698     PISSN: 19754094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14257/ijsh.2014.8.1.09     Document Type: Article

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