Provides technical and scientific descriptions of potential approaches
used to achieve indoor positioning, ranging from sensor networks to more
advanced radio-based systems
This book presents a large technical overview of various approaches to
achieve indoor positioning. These approaches cover those based on
sensors, cameras, satellites, and other radio-based methods. The book
also discusses the simplification of certain implementations, describing
ways for the reader to design solutions that respect specifications and
follow established techniques. Descriptions of the main techniques used
for positioning, including angle measurement, distance measurements,
Doppler measurements, and inertial measurements are also given.
Indoor Positioning: Technologies and Performance starts with overviews
of the first age of navigation, the link between time and space, the
radio age, the first terrestrial positioning systems, and the era of
artificial satellites. It then introduces readers to the subject of
indoor positioning, as well as positioning techniques and their
associated difficulties. Proximity technologies like bar codes, image
recognition, Near Field Communication (NFC), and QR codes are
covered--as are room restricted and building range technologies. The
book examines wide area indoor positioning as well as world wide indoor
technologies like High-Sensitivity and Assisted GNSS, and covers maps
and mapping. It closes with the author's vision of the future in which
the practice of indoor positioning is perfected across all technologies.
This text:
- Explores aspects of indoor positioning from both theoretical and
practical points of view
- Describes advantages and drawbacks of various approaches to
positioning
- Provides examples of design solutions that respect specifications of
tested techniques
- Covers infra-red sensors, lasers, Lidar, RFID, UWB, Bluetooth, Image
SLAM, LiFi, WiFi, indoor GNSS, and more
Indoor Positioning is an ideal guide for technical engineers,
industrial and application developers, and students studying wireless
communications and signal processing.
