Study of Radio Wave Propagation Indoors for the Purpose of Locating the Moving Objects
https://doi.org/10.55648/1998-6920-2025-19-1-80-94
Abstract
The task before the developers was to create a geolocation system using Russian
manufacturer equipment, so that the error in location determination would not exceed 5 meters.
To implement a local positioning system, the pilot area for conducting experiments was defined,
a Wi-Fi test network was designed and built in the course of the work on the project. The signal
strength level at the input of the receiving device was chosen as a physical parameter, the
measurement of which is necessary to calculate the target object’s coordinates. A combined
location determitation algorithm based on the mechanisms of nearest access point, spatial
pattern differentiation and trilateration was developed. More than a thousand measurements
were carried out in the test network, and during that the main problems of the location system
were identified and ways to overcome them were proposed
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About the Authors
Elena Viktorovna Kokoreva
Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Informatics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
docent of Digital TV and Radio Broadcasting and Radio Communication Systems Department
Anton Sergeevich Bragin
Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Informatics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Postgraduate student of Digital TV and Radio Broadcasting and Radio Communication Systems Department
Ksenia Igorevna Shurygina
Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Informatics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Master, assistaint of Infocommunication Systems and Networks Department
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Kokoreva E.V., Bragin A.S., Shurygina K.I. Study of Radio Wave Propagation Indoors for the Purpose of Locating the Moving Objects. The Herald of the Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Information Science. 2025;19(1):80-94. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.55648/1998-6920-2025-19-1-80-94
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