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The field of human activity recognition has evolved significantly, driven largely by advancements in Internet of Things (IoT) device technology, particularly in personal devices. This study investigates the use of ultra-wideband (UWB)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Aurora Polo-Rodríguez , Juan Carlos Valera , Jesús Peral , David Gil , Javier Medina-Quero

Radio frequency fingerprint identification (RFFI) can uniquely classify wireless devices by analyzing the received signal distortions caused by the intrinsic hardware impairments. The state-of-the-art deep learning techniques such as…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-30 Guanxiong Shen , Junqing Zhang , Alan Marshall , Mikko Valkama , Joseph Cavallaro

Recently, location-based services (LBS) have steered attention to indoor positioning systems (IPS). WLAN-based IPSs relying on received signal strength (RSS) measurements such as fingerprinting are gaining popularity due to proven high…

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

Localisation can be defined as estimating or finding a position of the node. There are two techniques in localisation, which are range-based and range-free techniques. This paper focusses on the Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)…

This work reports experiences on using radio ranging to position sensors in a grid topology. The implementation is simple, efficient, and could be practically distributed. The paper describes an implementation and experimental result based…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Chen Zhang , Ted Herman

Wi-Fi-based positioning promises a scalable and privacy-preserving solution for location-based services in indoor environments such as malls, airports, and campuses. RSS-based methods are widely deployable as RSS data is available on all…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-30 Abdulkadir Bilge , Erdem Ergen , Burak Soner , Sinem Coleri

An unknown-position sensor can be localized if there are three or more anchors making time-of-arrival (TOA) measurements of a signal from it. However, the location errors can be very large due to the fact that some of the measurements are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Hongyang Chen , Kenneth W. K. Lui , Zizhuo Wang , H. C. So , H. Vincent Poor

We consider the problem of self-localization by a resource-constrained node within a network given radio signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurements from a set of anchor nodes where the RSSI measurements as well as the anchor position…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-06-15 Vikram Kumar , Reza Arablouei , Brano Kusy , Raja Jurdak , Neil W. Bergmann

Accurate indoor node localization is critical for practical Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) applications, as Global Positioning System (GPS) fails to provide reliable Line-of-Sight (LoS) conditions in most indoor environments. Real-world…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-26 Ze Zhang , Qian Dong

Indoor localization is the process of determining the location of a person or object inside a building. Potential usage of indoor localization includes navigation, personalization, safety and security, and asset tracking. Commonly used…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-14 Rahul Vishwakarma , Rucha Bhalchandra Joshi , Subhankar Mishra

Received signal strength indicator (RSSI) is the primary representation of Wi-Fi fingerprints and serves as a crucial tool for indoor localization. However, existing RSSI-based positioning methods often suffer from reduced accuracy due to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Yibu Wang , Zhaoxin Zhang , Ning Li , Xinlong Zhao , Dong Zhao , Tianzi Zhao

In this paper, we study the localization problem in dense urban settings. In such environments, Global Navigation Satellite Systems fail to provide good accuracy due to low likelihood of line-of-sight (LOS) links between the receiver (Rx)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-02 Çağkan Yapar , Fabian Jaensch , Ron Levie , Giuseppe Caire

A new method for estimating the relative positions of location-unaware nodes from the location-aware nodes and the received signal strength (RSS) between the nodes, in a wireless sensor network (WSN), is proposed. In the method, a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-02-11 R. C. Nongpiur

Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology is a mature technology that contested other wireless technologies in the advent of the IoT but did not achieve the same levels of widespread adoption. In recent years, however, with its potential as a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-10 Xianjia Yu , Qingqing Li , Jorge Peña Queralta , Jukka Heikkonen , Tomi Westerlund

The Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) is ubiquitously available on commodity WiFi devices but is commonly regarded as too coarse for fine-grained sensing. This paper revisits its sensing potential and presents WiRSSI, a bistatic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-25 Zhongqin Wang , J. Andrew Zhang , Kai Wu , Y. Jay Guo

The Internet of Things (IoT) has started to empower the future of many industrial and mass-market applications. Localization techniques are becoming key to add location context to IoT data without human perception and intervention.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-10-06 You Li , Yuan Zhuang , Xin Hu , Zhouzheng Gao , Jia Hu , Long Chen , Zhe He , Ling Pei , Kejie Chen , Maosong Wang , Xiaoji Niu , Ruizhi Chen , John Thompson , Fadhel Ghannouchi , Naser El-Sheimy

In this paper, a comprehensive survey of the pioneer as well as the state of-the-art localization and tracking methods in the wireless sensor networks is presented. Localization is mostly applicable for the static sensor nodes, whereas,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-01-10 Sudhir Kumar , Rajesh M. Hegde

Indoor localization plays a vital role in the era of the IoT and robotics, with WiFi technology being a prominent choice due to its ubiquity. We present a method for creating WiFi fingerprinting datasets to enhance indoor localization…

Indoor Positioning System (IPS) is a crucial technology that enables medical staff and hospital managements to accurately locate and track persons or assets inside the medical buildings. Among other technologies, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-24 Silvano Cortesi , Marc Dreher , Michele Magno

This paper proposes a received signal strength (RSS) based localization framework for energy harvesting underwater optical wireless sensor networks (EH-UOWSNs), where the optical noise sources and channel impairments of seawater pose…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-03-19 Nasir Saeed , Abdulkadir Celik , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri , Mohamed-Slim Alouini