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This paper presents a simultaneous localization and map-assisted environment recognition (SLAMER) method. Mobile robots usually have an environment map and environment information can be assigned to the map. Important information for mobile…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-07-21 Naoki Akai

Locating each node in a wireless sensor network is essential for starting the monitoring job and sending information about the area. One method that has been used in hard and inaccessible environments is randomly scattering each node in the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-07-07 Saeed Ghadiri

Indoor localization opens the path to potentially transformative applications. Although many indoor localization methods have been proposed over the years, they remain too impractical for widespread deployment in the real world. In this…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Emerson Sie , Enguang Fan , Federico Cifuentes-Urtubey , Deepak Vasisht

Location tags are designed to track personal belongings. Nevertheless, there has been anecdotal evidence that location tags are also misused to stalk people. Tracking is achieved locally, e.g., via Bluetooth with a paired phone, and…

Performance · Computer Science 2023-10-25 Hazem Ibrahim , Rohail Asim , Matteo Varvello , Yasir Zaki

Whisker-like touch sensors offer unique advantages for short-range perception in environments where visual and long-range sensing are unreliable, such as confined, cluttered, or low-visibility settings. This paper presents a framework for…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-01-12 Prasanna K. Routray , Basak Sakcak , Steven M. LaValle , Manivannan M

Many localization algorithms and systems have been developed by means of wireless sensor networks for both indoor and outdoor environments. To achieve higher localization accuracy, extra hardware equipments are utilized by most of the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Tao Huang , Zhikui Chen , Feng Xia , Cheng Jin , Liang Li

The convergence of sensing and communication functionalities is poised to become a pivotal feature of the sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks. This vision represents a paradigm shift in wireless network design, moving beyond mere…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-11-01 Tianxiang Li , Haofan Lu , Omid Abari

The use of wireless signals for purposes of localization enables a host of applications relating to the determination and verification of the positions of network participants, ranging from radar to satellite navigation. Consequently, it…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-12-02 Matthias Schäfer , Martin Strohmeier , Mauro Leonardi , Vincent Lenders

The received signal strength (RSS) based technique is widely utilized for ubiquitous positioning due to its advantage of simple implementability. However, its accuracy is limited because the RSS values of adjacent locations can be very…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-27 Haobo Zhang , Hongliang Zhang , Boya Di , Kaigui Bian , Zhu Han , Lingyang Song

Precise indoor localization is an increasingly demanding requirement for various emerging applications, like Virtual/Augmented reality and personalized advertising. Current indoor environments are equipped with pluralities of WiFi access…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-11-21 Chenlu Xiang , Shunqing Zhang , Shugong Xu , Xiaojing Chen , George C. Alexandropoulos , Vincent K. N. Lau

Recently several ground-breaking RF-based motion recognition systems were proposed to detect and/or recognize macro/micro human movements. These systems often suffer from various interferences caused by multiple-users moving simultaneously,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-30 Ning Xiao , Panlong Yang , Yubo Yan , Hao Zhou , Xiang-Yang Li , Haohua Du

Efficient service discovery is a cornerstone of the rapidly expanding Internet of Things (IoT) and edge computing ecosystems, where low latency and localized service provisioning are critical. This paper proposes a novel location-based DNS…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-11-21 Kurt Horvath , Dragi Kimovski

Ambient backscatter communication is a newly emerged paradigm, which utilizes the ambient radio frequency (RF) signal as the carrier to reduce the system battery requirement, and is regarded as a promising solution for enabling large scale…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-04-11 Qin Tao , Caijun Zhong , Hai Lin , Zhaoyang Zhang

Localization for autonomous robots in prior maps is crucial for their functionality. This paper offers a solution to this problem for indoor environments called InstaLoc, which operates on an individual lidar scan to localize it within a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Lintong Zhang , Tejaswi Digumarti , Georgi Tinchev , Maurice Fallon

An increasingly important requirement for many novel applications is sensing the positions of people, equipment, etc. GPS technology has proven itself as a successfull technology for positioning in outdoor environments but indoor no…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2010-04-28 Mikkel Baun Kjærgaard

Indoor localization becomes a raising demand in our daily lives. Due to the massive deployment in the indoor environment nowadays, WiFi systems have been applied to high accurate localization recently. Although the traditional model based…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-02-19 Chenlu Xiang , Zhichao Zhang , Shunqing Zhang , Shugong Xu , Shan Cao , Vincent LAU

A Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) can significantly enhance network positioning and mapping, acting as an additional anchor point in the reference system and improving signal strength and measurement diversity through the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-15 Dimitris Kompostiotis , Dimitris Vordonis , Vassilis Paliouras , George C. Alexandropoulos , Florin Grec

We present the first wireless protocol that scales to hundreds of concurrent transmissions from backscatter devices. Our key innovation is a distributed coding mechanism that works below the noise floor, operates on backscatter devices and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-08-16 Mehrdad Hessar , Ali Najafi , Shyamnath Gollakota

With the ongoing development of Indoor Location-Based Services, the location information of users in indoor environments has been a challenging issue in recent years. Due to the widespread use of WiFi networks, WiFi fingerprinting has…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-06-05 Amin Kargar-Barzi , Ebrahim Farahmand , Nooshin Taheri Chatrudi , Ali Mahani , Muhammad Shafique

We present UbiSLAM, an innovative solution for real-time mapping and localization in dynamic indoor environments. By deploying a network of fixed RGB-D cameras strategically throughout the workspace, UbiSLAM addresses limitations commonly…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Halim Djerroud , Nico Steyn , Olivier Rabreau , Patrick Bonnin , Abderraouf Benali