WiFi-aided magnetic matching for indoor navigation with consumer portable devices

Micromachines

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 747-764

  Li, You ^a,b   Zhuang, Yuan ^a   Lan, Haiyu ^a   Zhang, Peng ^b   Niu, Xiaoji ^b   El Sheimy, Naser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Indoor positioning; Magnetic matching; MEMS sensors; Pedestrian navigation; Smartphones; WiFi fingerprinting

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEMS; MAGNETISM; NAVIGATION; OPTIMIZATION; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SMARTPHONES;

INDOOR POSITIONING; MAGNETIC MATCHING; MEMS SENSORS; PEDESTRIAN NAVIGATION; WI-FI FINGERPRINTING;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 84940203541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi6060747     Document Type: Article

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