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This paper presents a nonlinear location estimation to infer the position of a user holding a smartphone. We consider a large location with $M$ number of grid points, each grid point is labeled with a unique fingerprint consisting of the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-04-11 Pai Chet Ng , Petros Spachos , James She , Konstantinos N. Plataniotis

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

The application of mobile computing is currently altering patterns of our behavior to a greater degree than perhaps any other invention. In combination with the introduction of power efficient wireless communication technologies, such as…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2016-06-09 Tommy Nilsson , Carl Hogsden , Charith Perera , Saeed Aghaee , David Scruton , Andreas Lund , Alan F. Blackwell

Wireless communications aided by reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) is a promising way to improve the coverage for cellular users. The controlled reflection of signals from RISs is especially useful in mm-wave/THz networks when the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-14 Vikrant Malik , Gourab Ghatak , Abhishek K. Gupta , Sanket S. Kalamkar

For decades, the determination of an objects location has been implemented utilizing different technologies. Despite GPS (Global Positioning System) provides a scalable efficient and cost effective location services however the satellite…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-10-04 Ali Abdullah S. AlQahtani , Nazim Choudhury

This paper addresses the problem of adaptive reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) configuration design for user localization in rich-scattering environment (RSE), where electromagnetic waves undergo multiple interactions with dynamic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-21 Anum Umer , Ivo Müürsepp , Muhammad Mahtab Alam

In this paper, we propose a real-time classification scheme to cope with noisy Radio Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) measurements utilized in indoor positioning systems. RSSI values are often converted to distances for position estimation.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-05-22 Maani Ghaffari Jadidi , Mitesh Patel , Jaime Valls Miro

The extra degrees of freedom resulting from the consideration of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) for smart signal propagation can be exploited for high accuracy localization and tracking. In this paper, capitalizing on a recent…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-01 George C. Alexandropoulos , Ioanna Vinieratou , Henk Wymeersch

An accurate room localization system is a powerful tool for providing location-based services. Considering that people spend most of their time indoors, indoor localization systems are becoming increasingly important in designing smart…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-04-25 Jose Luis Carrera V. , Zhongliang Zhao , Torsten Braun

This paper introduces two machine learning optimization algorithms to significantly enhance position estimation in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) aided localization for mobile user equipment in Non-Line-of-Sight conditions.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-06 Rafael A. Aguiar , Nuno Paulino , Luís M. Pessoa

High-precision navigation and positioning systems are critical for applications in autonomous vehicles and mobile mapping, where robust and continuous localization is essential. To test and enhance the performance of algorithms, some…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-01 Feng Zhu , Zihang Zhang , Kangcheng Teng , Abduhelil Yakup , Xiaohong Zhang

Traditionally, there have been few options for navigational aids for the blind and visually impaired (BVI) in large indoor spaces. Some recent indoor navigation systems allow users equipped with smartphones to interact with low cost…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-02-19 Seyed Ali Cheraghi , Vinod Namboodiri , Kaushik Sinha

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

Indoor location identification and navigation need to be as simple, seamless, and ubiquitous as its outdoor GPS-based counterpart is. It would be of great convenience to the mobile user to be able to continue navigating seamlessly as he or…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-10-24 Fahed Awad , Aisha Al-Sadi , Fida'a Al-Quran , Abdulsalam Alsmady

In this paper, we examine the distribution of radio signal propagation within the city of Poznan (Poland) to determine optimal locations for deploying Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS). The study focuses on designing a 5G/6G Radio…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Adam Samorzewski , Adrian Kliks

This paper deals with the problem of localization in a cellular network in a dense urban scenario. Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) typically perform poorly in urban environments, where the likelihood of line-of-sight conditions…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-02-04 Çağkan Yapar , Ron Levie , Gitta Kutyniok , Giuseppe Caire

As a promising technique, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) exhibit its tremendous potential for high accuracy positioning. In this paper, we investigates multi-user localization and tracking problem in multi-RISs-assisted system.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-11 Ronghua Peng , Peng Gao , Jing You , Lixiang Lian

We propose an approach to reduce both computational complexity and data storage requirements for the online positioning stage of a fingerprinting-based indoor positioning system (FIPS) by introducing segmentation of the region of interest…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-11-22 Caifa Zhou , Andreas Wieser

Radio map construction requires a large amount of radio measurement data with location labels, which imposes a high deployment cost. This paper develops a region-based radio map from received signal strength (RSS) measurements without…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-26 Zheng Xing , Junting Chen

Text-based person search (TBPS) is a problem that gained significant interest within the research community. The task is that of retrieving one or more images of a specific individual based on a textual description. The multi-modal nature…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-07 Alex Ergasti , Tomaso Fontanini , Claudio Ferrari , Massimo Bertozzi , Andrea Prati