Fast WiFi access point localization and autonomous crowdsourcing

2014 Ubiquitous Positioning Indoor Navigation and Location Based Service, UPINLBS 2014 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 272-280

  Zhuang, Yuan ^a   Wright, Bruce ^b   Syed, Zainab ^b   Shen, Zhi ^b   El Sheimy, Naser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Invensense Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Access points localization; crowdsourcing; least squares; propagation parameters; smartphone; WiFi

Indexed keywords

CROWDSOURCING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LOCATION; LOCATION BASED SERVICES; SURVEYS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; WI-FI; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

ACCESS POINTS; LEAST SQUARE; LOCALIZATION ERRORS; NAVIGATION SOLUTION; PROPAGATION MODELING; PROPAGATION PARAMETERS; WEIGHTED LEAST SQUARES; WI-FI ACCESS POINTS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 84924362452     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/UPINLBS.2014.7033737     Document Type: Conference Paper

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