Theoretical entropy assessment of fingerprint-based Wi-Fi localization accuracy

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Highlights：

• The entropy is employed as a new metric to evaluate the fingerprint-based Wi-Fi location accuracy.

• The relations of entropy and accuracy with variable RP densities and standard deviations are given.

• The reckless increase of the number of APs cannot be an effective way to improve location accuracy.

• The substantial saving of computation cost by the entropy is achieved over the existing metrics.

摘要

•The entropy is employed as a new metric to evaluate the fingerprint-based Wi-Fi location accuracy.•The relations of entropy and accuracy with variable RP densities and standard deviations are given.•The reckless increase of the number of APs cannot be an effective way to improve location accuracy.•The substantial saving of computation cost by the entropy is achieved over the existing metrics.

论文关键词：Wi-Fi localization,RSS fingerprint,Entropy,Precision,Expected errors

论文评审过程：Available online 22 May 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2013.05.038