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Fingerprinting is a popular indoor localization technique since it can utilize existing infrastructures (e.g., access points). However, its site survey process is a labor-intensive and time-consuming task, which limits the application of…

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High-accuracy positioning has gained significant interest for many use-cases across various domains such as industrial internet of things (IIoT), healthcare and entertainment. Radio frequency (RF) measurements are widely utilized for user…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-06 Anil Kirmaz , Taylan Sahin , Diomidis S. Michalopoulos , Wolfgang Gerstacker

Fingerprint-based passive localization enables high localization accuracy using low-cost UWB IoT radio sensors. However, fingerprinting demands extensive effort for data acquisition. The concept of channel charting reduces this effort by…

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Cellular user positioning is a promising service provided by Fifth Generation New Radio (5G NR) networks. Besides, Machine Learning (ML) techniques are foreseen to become an integrated part of 5G NR systems improving radio performance and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-14 Andre Ráth , Dino Pjanić , Bo Bernhardsson , Fredrik Tufvesson

The fifth generation (5G) mobile communication technology integrates communication, positioning, and mapping functionalities as an in-built feature. This has drawn significant attention from industries owing to the capability of replacing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-23 Karthik Muthineni , Alexander Artemenko , Josep Vidal , Montse Nájar

High-precision positioning is vital for cellular networks to support innovative applications such as extended reality, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and industrial Internet of Things (IoT) systems. Existing positioning algorithms using…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-03 Shugong Xu , Jun Jiang , Wenjun Yu , Yilin Gao , Guangjin Pan , Shiyi Mu , Zhiqi Ai , Yuan Gao , Peigang Jiang , Cheng-Xiang Wang

Indoor position technology has become one of the research highlights in the Internet of Things (IoT), but there is still a lack of universal, low-cost, and high-precision solutions. This paper conducts research on indoor position technology…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Chunyi Zhang , Zongwei Li , Xiaoqi Li

Distributed MIMO and integrated sensing and communication are expected to be key technologies in future wireless systems, enabling reliable, low-latency communication and accurate localization. Dedicated localization solutions must support…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-14 Dumitra Iancu , Liang Liu , Ove Edfors , Erik Leitinger , Xuhong Li

Inferring the location of a mobile device in an indoor setting is an open problem of utmost significance. A leading approach that does not require the deployment of expensive infrastructure is fingerprinting, where a classifier is trained…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-08 Erez Peterfreund , Ioannis G. Kevrekidis , Ariel Jaffe

Widespread adoption of indoor positioning systems based on WiFi fingerprinting is at present hindered by the large efforts required for measurements collection during the offline phase. Two approaches were recently proposed to address such…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-04-03 Giuseppe Caso , Luca De Nardis , Filip Lemic , Vlado Handziski , Adam Wolisz , Maria-Gabriella Di Benedetto

With the growing integration of location based services (LBS) such as GPS in mobile devices, indoor position systems (IPS) have become an important role for research. There are several IPS methods such as AOA, TOA, TDOA, which use…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-07-02 Erick Schmidt , David Akopian

Location tracking systems are increasingly becoming the focus of research in the field of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). Received Signal Strength (RSS)-based localization systems are at the forefront of tracking research applications. Radio…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-08-09 Tareq Alhmiedat , Ghassan Samara , Amer O. Abu Salem

Directional beamforming is a crucial component for realizing robust wireless communication systems using millimeter wave (mmWave) technology. Beam alignment using brute-force search of the space introduces time overhead while location aided…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-23 Vishnu Raj , Nancy Nayak , Sheetal Kalyani

With the widespread application of location-based services, fingerprint-based localization has demonstrated advantages in environments with complex signal propagation. Deep learning has significantly improved the efficiency of both offline…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-27 Yu Zhao , Zhenzhou Jin , Jinke Tang , Li You , Chen Sun , Xiang-Gen Xia , Xiqi Gao

WiFi-based localization became one of the main indoor localization techniques due to the ubiquity of WiFi connectivity. However, indoor environments exhibit complex wireless propagation characteristics. Typically, these characteristics are…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-08-04 Heba Aly , Moustafa Youssef

Localization is expected to play a significant role in future wireless networks as positioning and situational awareness, navigation and tracking, are integral parts of 6G usage scenarios. Nevertheless, in many cases localization requires…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-02 Giorgos Stratidakis , Sotiris Droulias , Angeliki Alexiou

In recent years, fingerprint-based positioning has gained researchers attention since it is a promising alternative to the Global Navigation Satellite System and cellular network-based localization in urban areas. Despite this, the lack of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-31 Fahad Alhomayani , Mohammad H. Mahoor

To meet the future demand for huge traffic volume of wireless data service, the research on the fifth generation (5G) mobile communication systems has been undertaken in recent years. It is expected that the spectral and energy efficiencies…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-12 Dongming Wang , Yu Zhang , Hao Wei , Xiaohu You , Xiqi Gao , Jiangzhou Wang

Fingerprinting based WLAN indoor positioning system (FWIPS) provides a promising indoor positioning solution to meet the growing interests for indoor location-based services (e.g., indoor way finding or geo-fencing). FWIPS is preferred…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-05-18 Caifa Zhou , Yang Gu

In terrestrial communication networks without fixed infrastructure, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-mounted mobile base stations (MBSs) provide an efficient solution to achieve wireless connectivity. This letter aims to minimize the number of…

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