Ebook: Indoor positioning. Technologies and performance

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.;Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 A Little Piece of History ... -- 1.1 The First Age of Navigation -- 1.2 Longitude Problem and Importance of Time -- 1.3 Link Between Time and Space -- 1.3.1 A Brief History of the Evolution of the Perception of Time -- 1.3.2 Comparison with the Possible Change in Our Perception of Space -- 1.4 The Radio Age -- 1.5 First Terrestrial Positioning Systems -- 1.6 The Era of Artificial Satellites -- 1.6.1 GPS System -- 1.7 New Problem: Availability and Accuracy of Positioning Systems -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 What Exactly Is the Indoor Positioning Problem? -- 2.1 General Introduction to Indoor Positioning -- 2.1.1 Basic Problem: Example of the Navigation Application -- 2.1.2 The "Perceived" Needs -- 2.1.3 Wide Range of Possible Technologies -- 2.1.4 Comments on the "Best" Solution -- 2.1.4.1 Local or Global Coverage -- 2.1.4.2 With or Without Local Infrastructure -- 2.2 Is Indoor Positioning the Next "Longitude Problem"? -- 2.3 Quick Summary of the Indoor Problem -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 General Introduction to Positioning Techniques and Their Associated Difficulties -- 3.1 Angle-Based Positioning Technique -- 3.1.1 Pure Angle-Based Positioning Technique -- 3.1.2 Triangulation-Based Positioning Technique -- 3.2 Distance-Based Positioning Technique -- 3.2.1 Distances to Known Environment-Based Positioning Technique -- 3.2.2 Radar Method -- 3.2.3 Hyperbolic Method -- 3.2.4 Mobile Telecommunication Networks -- 3.3 Doppler-Based Positioning Approach -- 3.3.1 Doppler Radar Method -- 3.3.2 Doppler Positioning Approach -- 3.4 Physical Quantity-Based Positioning Approaches -- 3.4.1 Luminosity Measurements -- 3.4.2 Local Networks -- 3.4.3 Attitude and Heading Reference System -- 3.4.3.1 Accelerometers -- 3.4.3.2 Gyrometers -- 3.4.3.3 Odometers.