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Radio Frequency Positioning

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This chapter goes into the details on the general principle of indoor positioning based on radio frequency technologies. The primary methods used for positioning are broadly known as Time of Flight (TOF ), Angle of Arrival (AOA), and Signal Strength. Various evolution and combination of these basic methods have been studied and developed. Two of the very successful radio location technologies are RADAR and GPS. GPS is broadly based on TOF. RADAR is a combination of TOF and AOA.

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Goswami, S. (2013). Radio Frequency Positioning. In: Indoor Location Technologies. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1377-6_3

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