Location Determination within Wireless Networks

Many location determination systems have recentlybeen proposed and most of them are based on one ormore of the following four methods: laterationangulation fingerprinting and dead-reckoning.However existing systems require either dedicatedhardware support or extensive human interaction. Thisbook therefore provides a comprehensive study onthe design analysis and evaluation of both indoorand outdoor localization systems. The book introducesa new dynamic indoor localization tool calledARIADNE it also presents two multidimensionalscaling based algorithms for outdoor sensor networks.Thus this research transforms indoor/outdoorlocalization systems from high cost labor intensiveimprecise and static technologies to affordableautomated accurate and dynamic systems. Researchresults are ready to be integrated with a wide rangeof applications without requiring additionalinfrastructure other wireless technologies or manualoperations. Comparison study should helpprofessionals better understand current status of theresearch in wireless location determination andtheoretical analysis would also serve as valuablestandards for other research in the community.