Mobile Entity Localization and Tracking in GPS-less Environnments: Second International Workshop, MELT 2009, Orlando, FL, USA, September 30, 2009. Proceedings

✍ Scribed by Pampa Sadhukhan, Pradip K. Das (auth.), Richard Fuller, Xenofon D. Koutsoukos (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 275
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5801 : Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the second International Workshop on Mobile Entity Localization and Tracking in GPS-less Environnments, MELT, held in Orlando, Florida, USA, in September 2009 in conjunction with the 11^th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp 2009). MELT is a forum for the state-of-the-art technologies in mobile localization and tracking and novel applications of location-based services. The research contributions in these proceedings cover significant aspects of localization and tracking of mobile devices that include techniques suitable for smart phones and mobile sensor networks in both outdoor and indoor environments using diverse sensors and radio signals. Novel theoretical methods, algorithmic design and analysis, application development, and experimental studies are presented in 14 papers that were reviewed carefully by the program committee. In addition, three invited papers, with topics on location determination using RF systems, Cramer-Rao-Bound analysis for indoor localization and approaches targeting mobile sensor networks, are also included in the proceedings.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages -
MGALE: A Modified Geometry-Assisted Location Estimation Algorithm Reducing Location Estimation Error in 2D Case under NLOS Environments....Pages 1-18
Predicting User-Cell Association in Cellular Networks from Tracked Data....Pages 19-33
Discovering Significant Places from Mobile Phones – A Mass Market Solution....Pages 34-49
Adaptive Motion Model for a Smart Phone Based Opportunistic Localization System....Pages 50-65
Model-Free Probabilistic Localization of Wireless Sensor Network Nodes in Indoor Environments....Pages 66-78
A Calibration-Free Localization Solution for Handling Signal Strength Variance....Pages 79-90
Indoor Location and Orientation Determination for Wireless Personal Area Networks....Pages 91-105
Localize Vehicles Using Wireless Traffic Sensors....Pages 106-114
On the Feasibility of Determining Angular Separation in Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 115-127
Controlling Error Propagation in Mobile-Infrastructure Based Localization....Pages 128-147
Estimation of Indoor Physical Activity Level Based on Footstep Vibration Signal Measured by MEMS Accelerometer in Smart Home Environments....Pages 148-162
Inferring Motion and Location Using WLAN RSSI....Pages 163-182
WASP: An Enhanced Indoor Locationing Algorithm for a Congested Wi-Fi Environment....Pages 183-196
A Long-Duration Study of User-Trained 802.11 Localization....Pages 197-212
Tutorial on Location Determination by RF Means....Pages 213-234
A Survey on Localization for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 235-254
Performance of TOA- and RSS-Based Indoor Geolocation for Cooperative Robotic Applications....Pages 255-266
Back Matter....Pages -

✦ Subjects

Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems; Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity; Personal Computing; Signal, Image and Speech Processing; Control