Title :
Impact of the dihedral angle of Switched Beam Antennas in indoor positioning based on RSSI
Author :
Maddio, Stefano ; Passafiume, Marco ; Cidronali, Alessandro ; Manes, Gianfranco
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Florence, Florence, Italy
Abstract :
This paper presents an investigation about Switched Beam Antennas (SBA) for indoor positioning systems based on RSSI measurements. Given practical consideration on hardware costs, the device in exam is based on low-cost commercial components capable of standard WiFi connectivity at 2.45 GHz.
Keywords :
RSSI; UHF antennas; indoor radio; RSSI; SBA; WiFi connectivity; dihedral angle; frequency 2.45 GHz; indoor positioning system; received signal strength indicators; switched beam antennas; Direction-of-arrival estimation; Directive antennas; Noise; Switches; Wireless sensor networks; Direction of arrival (DoA); Indoor positioning system; RSSI; Switched beam antenna (SBA);
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2014 44th European
Conference_Location :
Rome
DOI :
10.1109/EuMC.2014.6986763
