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Abstract

Location information is critical for the development of value-added location-based services, such as fraud protection, location-aware network access, person/asset tracking etc. Herein, a method for the enhancement of localization systems in terms of achieved accuracy is proposed, which can be applied to new as well as existing systems regardless the underlying localization technique. The method is based on modeling the position measurement error introduced by the localization algorithm using a polynomial approximation approach. Measurements results demonstrate the applicability of the proposed technique in enhancing accuracy in a low cost and efficient manner.

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Prof. Stelios Mitilineos

Dr. Stelios Thomopoulos