The application of Wi-Fi radiolocation research to mobile devices

Author

Pearson, Christopher ; McGuire, Michael ; Coady, Yvonne

Author_Institution

STN CSC, Univ. of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

fYear

2009

fDate

23-26 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

768

Lastpage

773

Abstract

Along with the huge growth of mobile devices in years we have seen a matching growth in interest for mobile applications. Location-aware applications are experiencing rapid growth for mobile devices. Unfortunately, most localization systems for mobile devices, such as GPS receivers, do not work well for indoor locations creating the need for the development of alternative technologies. Radiolocation from measurements of radio received signal strength (RSS) has demonstrated excellent accuracy, making it a leading candidate for commercial indoor radiolocation applications. However, the research for indoor RSS-based localization is not based on measurements of mobile handsets, but rather focuses on measurements from laptop computers or radio receivers at known heights and orientations.

Keywords

mobility management (mobile radio); radio direction-finding; wireless LAN; Wi-Fi radiolocation research; commercial indoor radiolocation applications; laptop computers; localization systems; location-aware applications; mobile devices; radio received signal strength; radio receivers; Application software; Bluetooth; Global Positioning System; Indoor radio communication; Mobile handsets; Portable computers; Radio navigation; Receivers; Telephony; Urban areas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, 2009. PacRim 2009. IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4560-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4561-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PACRIM.2009.5291272

Filename

5291272