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WiFi-RTT SLAM: Pedestrian navigation in unmapped environments using WiFi-RTT and smartphone inertial sensors

Raja, khalil jibran; Groves, Paul; (2024) WiFi-RTT SLAM: Pedestrian navigation in unmapped environments using WiFi-RTT and smartphone inertial sensors. In: Proceedings of the European Navigation Conference 2024. (pp. p. 16). MDPI: Noordwijk, The Netherlands. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

A core problem relating to indoor positioning is a lack of prior knowledge of the environment. To date, most WiFi–RTT research assumes knowledge of the access points in an indoor environment. This paper provides a solution to this problem by using a simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM) algorithm, using WiFi–RTT and pedestrian dead reckoning, which uses the inertial sensors in a smartphone. A WiFi–RTT SLAM algorithm has only been researched in one instance at the time of writing; this paper aims to expand the exploration of this problem, particularly in relation to the use of outlier detection and motion models. For the trials, which were 35 steps long, the final mobile device horizontal positioning error was 1.01 m and 1.7 m for the forward and reverse trials, respectively. The results of this paper show that unmapped indoor positioning using WiFi–RTT is feasible for metre-level indoor positioning, given correct access point calibration.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: WiFi-RTT SLAM: Pedestrian navigation in unmapped environments using WiFi-RTT and smartphone inertial sensors
Event: European Navigation Conference 2024
Location: Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Dates: 22nd-24th May 2024
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3390/engproc2025088016
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2025088016
Language: English
Additional information: © 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: WiFi–RTT; SLAM; RSSI; sensor fusion; PDR
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10200005
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