Indoor Location Using Trilateration Characteristics

This paper proposes a method for indoor location that uses the results of trilateration of Wi-Fi signal strength to learn what is expected at specific locations. It discusses why indoor location is needed, and the reasons for using Wi-Fi networks as the basis of the location process. It also describes the problems with trilateration using radio signals, and introduces some proposals to improve the precision of the trilateration algorithm.

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