SCaNME: location tracking system in large-scale campus Wi-Fi environment using unlabeled mobility map

M Zhou, Z Tian, K Xu, X Yu, X Hong, H Wu - Expert Systems with …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper, we propose a novel location tracking system called SCaNME (Shotgun
Clustering-aided Navigation in Mobile Environment) which iteratively sequences the clusters …

Measurement arrangement for the estimation of path loss exponent in wireless sensor network

CC Pu, SY Lim, PC Ooi - 2012 7th International Conference on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Path loss model is generally used to relate distance and signal strength in wireless
applications. This has been widely implemented in ranging, localization, and location …

Error bound analysis of indoor Wi-Fi location fingerprint based positioning for intelligent access point optimization via Fisher information

M Zhou, F Qiu, K Xu, Z Tian, H Wu - Computer Communications, 2016 - Elsevier
We observe that the laborious collection of location fingerprints, that could also potentially
change with time and space, remains a hurdle towards the widespread deployment of …

Further validation of an electromagnetic macro model for analysis of propagation path loss in cellular networks using measured driving-test data

MN Abdallah, W Dyab, TK Sarkar… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Received signal level measurements are frequently used to check the performance and the
quality of service (QOS) inside the coverage area in cellular networks. These expensive …

Theoretical entropy assessment of fingerprint-based Wi-Fi localization accuracy

M Zhou, Z Tian, K Xu, X Yu, H Wu - Expert Systems with Applications, 2013 - Elsevier
The fingerprint-based Wi-Fi localization technology has been recognized as one of the
remarkable solutions to the future ubiquitous location based services (LBSs) in indoor and …

IMLours: Indoor mapping and localization using time-stamped WLAN received signal strength

M Zhou, Q Zhang, Z Tian, K Xu, F Qiu… - 2015 IEEE Wireless …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the area of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) based indoor localization, the Received
Signal Strength (RSS) fingerprinting based localization technique has been s-tudied …

Analysis of path loss exponent error in ranging and localization of wireless sensor network

CC Pu, PC Ooi, BG Lee, WY Chung - 2014 - IET
This paper presents the results of study and analysis on the effects and influences caused
by inaccurately measured environmental variables for ranging and localization purposes …

Benefits and impact of joint metric of AOA/RSS/TOF on indoor localization error

Q Jiang, F Qiu, M Zhou, Z Tian - Applied Sciences, 2016 - mdpi.com
The emerging techniques in the Fifth Generation (5G) communication system, like the
millimeter-Wave (mmWave) and massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO), make it …

Positioning error vs. signal distribution: An analysis towards lower error bound in WLAN fingerprint based indoor localization

M Zhou, F Qiu, Z Tian, K Xu… - 2015 IEEE Global …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-path fading, environmental shadowing and channel interference always result in the
significant temporal and spatial variations of Received Signal Strength (RSS), and …

Mobility tracking by fingerprint-based KNN/PF approach in cellular networks

Z Tian, X Liu, M Zhou, K Xu - 2013 IEEE Wireless …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a fingerprint-based particle filtering (PF) approach for the mobility
tracking in cellular networks. With the popularity of location-based services (LBSs) in a …