Research Article
RadLoco: A Rapid and Low Cost Indoor Location-Sensing System
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/CHINACOM.2008.4685105, author={Eugene Hyun and Michael McGuire and Mihai Sima}, title={RadLoco: A Rapid and Low Cost Indoor Location-Sensing System}, proceedings={ChinaCom2008-Wireless Communications and Networking Symposium}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={CHINACOM2008-WCN}, year={2008}, month={11}, keywords={Location-sensing system wireless LAN radio received signal strength sensory networks kernel estimation}, doi={10.1109/CHINACOM.2008.4685105} }- Eugene Hyun
Michael McGuire
Mihai Sima
Year: 2008
RadLoco: A Rapid and Low Cost Indoor Location-Sensing System
CHINACOM2008-WCN
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CHINACOM.2008.4685105
Abstract
Ubiquitous location-aware systems and services are becoming a reality as made evident by the widely known Global Position System. However, indoor location-aware sensing systems are not yet commercially viable since the indoor signal propagation is complex and difficult to model. In this paper, we present RadLoco, a location-sensing system using IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN radio Received Signal Strength (RSS) maps. The system makes use of a rapid and cost-effective survey data collection tool using an radio/ultrasonic sensory network. To provide highly accurate location estimation, we make use of a kernel-window estimation algorithm. Our experimental results indicate that a 2000 m sq. office building is surveyed in eight hours by a single technician, and that the mobile terminal is located with a mean error of less than 2.5 m.