Location-awareness has become a fundamental requirement for multiple emerging
applications with the rapid development of wireless technologies. The high-accuracy …

Precise time and location are at the core of many Cyber Physical Systems (CPS)
applications, as can be seen by the impact of the Global Positioning System. Indoor …

In developing technology for indoor localization, we have recently begun exploring
commercially available state of the art localization technologies. The DecaWave DW1000 is …

Indoor localization in the presence of permanent obstructions or temporary/partial obstacles
is a unique challenge, due to the lack of practical channel models applicable in realistic …

Indoor positioning systems using Ultra Wideband (UWB) achieve high positioning accuracy
(cm). However, traditional localization approaches require many packet exchanges (eg two …

For most outdoor applications, systems such as global positioning system (GPS) provide
users with accurate location estimates. However, similar range-only localization techniques …

Localization is a fundamental technology embedded—often unbeknownst to users—in many
devices and services. First, this book reveals how localization systems are driving modern …

Location discovery is an essential service in modern wireless consumer devices such as
smartphones and mobile PCs. Existing anchor or base station-based positioning systems …

Using smartphones for accurate indoor localization opens a new frontier of mobile services,
offering enormous opportunities to enhance users' experiences in indoor environments …

Ultra wide band (UWB) based localization has been extensively utilized in indoor and urban
dense regions which enables centimeter-level localization accuracy over global positioning …