Title :
Analysis of a signal strength based positioning system for commercial environments
Author :
Johnson, Michael J. ; King, Jessica S. ; Shryock, Richard S. ; Kiviniemi, Jussi ; Heinonen, Tomi
Author_Institution :
IBM Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Abstract :
Signal strength based positioning technology offers both cost advantages and technical challenges compared with other positioning methods. This study analyzes measurements taken in a commercial retail environment to develop a set of practical expectations and guidelines in the use of signal strength based positioning systems. A commercially available positioning engine for wireless LANs was used as a readily reproducible basis for the experiments.
Keywords :
wireless LAN; commercial retail environment; local area network; positioning system; signal strength; wireless LAN; Calibration; Costs; Engines; Guidelines; Pervasive computing; Position measurement; Probability; RF signals; Signal analysis; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, 2005. CCNC. 2005 Second IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8784-8
DOI :
10.1109/CCNC.2005.1405229
