Using WiFi Signals in Combination with GPS to Track Human Traffic in a Space

EasyChair Preprint no. 3902

Abstract

In large, open spaces, GPS can be used to show your current location with relatively high accuracy, but this accuracy drops significantly in areas with limited GPS signal such as when surrounded by buildings or in a location without direct line of sight to GPS satellites. Another limitation of GPS is that it cannot show where you are vertically in a space such as a building with multiple floors. Combining GPS with an understanding of the WiFi devices in an area and how they work can resolve these issues in applicable situations.

Keyphrases: Accuracy, Fingerprinting, GPS, MAC, real-time, RSSI, signal, SNMP, Tracking, WiFi

@Booklet{EasyChair:3902,
  author = {James Roetman},
  title = {Using WiFi Signals in Combination with GPS to Track Human Traffic in a Space},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint no. 3902},

  year = {EasyChair, 2020}}