Implementation of Indoor Positioning System Based on Location Fingerprinting in Wireless Networks

With the rapid development of wireless networks, location aware services are becoming more and more attractive especially in indoor areas. To provide location aware services, obtaining the position of a user accurately is vital and using existing communications infrastructure is preferred for cost reasons. In recent years, location fingerprinting schemes are still the most promising because of technical restrictions. In this paper, we discussed the implementation of indoor positioning system firstly. Then we presented experimental testbed, methodology, and data collection and discussed the experimental results and analysis. Finally, we summarized the paper and gave possible future directions for research on wireless positioning systems for indoor environments.