Title :
Fingerprinting methods for RFID tag indoor localization
Author :
Belhadi, Zineb ; Fergani, Lamya
Author_Institution :
Speech Commun. & Signal Process. Lab., Univ. of Sci. & Technol. Houari Boumedienne (USTHB), Algiers, Algeria
Abstract :
Different approaches based on various wireless have been proposed so far for indoor localization. Radio frequency Identification (RFID) indoor localization seems to be a promising way of research. The identification capability of this technology combined to localization methods improves the results obtained by other wireless technologies such as Wifi, GPS, Zigbee. This paper details some localization techniques used for RFID Tags localization in Indoor environment. In particular, Fingerprinting methods are compared to Distance estimation methods. We will show through several simulation experiments, using NS2 and Matlab software, that fingerprinting techniques outperform Distance estimation techniques for localization and tracking tasks.
Keywords :
indoor radio; radio tracking; radiofrequency identification; RFID tag; distance estimation technique; fingerprinting methods; indoor localization; localization task; radio frequency identification; tracking task; Artificial neural networks; Erbium; Estimation; Fingerprint recognition; Mathematical model; Radiofrequency identification; Standards; Fingerprinting; Indoor environment; Localization; RFID technology;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia Computing and Systems (ICMCS), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Marrakech
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3823-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICMCS.2014.6911192