The role of the propagation environment in RSS-based indoor positioning using mass market devices

Author

Pelosi, Mauro ; Pedersen, Gert F. ; Della Rosa, Francescantonio ; Nurmi, Jari

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Syst., Aalborg Univ., Aalborg, Denmark

fYear

2012

fDate

12-13 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper deals with the propagation channel challenges affecting indoor positioning. Several methods are reviewed and experimental results are provided, showing that the pathloss method is preferable with respect to fingerprinting because of its intrinsic complexity and uncertain effective reliability under real-world conditions. Moreover the influence of the user and the heterogeneity of the devices pose a high challenge on the positioning accuracy.

Keywords

indoor radio; radiowave propagation; telecommunication channels; RSS-based indoor positioning; fingerprinting; intrinsic complexity; mass market devices; pathloss method; propagation channel; propagation environment; uncertain effective reliability; Accuracy; Ad hoc networks; Antennas and propagation; Complexity theory; Fingerprint recognition; Mobile handsets; Wireless communication; indoor propagation; positining; user´s influence;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2012 Loughborough

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2218-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2219-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2012.6403032

Filename

6403032