Research Article

Indoor Localisation Based on GSM Signals: Multistorey Building Study

Table 6

Mean errors analysis with respect to the number of visible BTSs.

Visible BTSs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Distribution 9% 2% 9% 18% 22% 25% 15%
Effectiveness (floor) 27% 63% 47% 60% 63% 64% 70%
Floor error 1.33 0.61 0.88 0.77 0.80 0.77 0.74
Error for [m] 6.49 6.45 4.29 3.24 2.92 3.04 2.99
Error for [m] 5.94 5.38 5.96 6.06 4.90 4.34 3.87
Horizontal error [m] 9.74 9.49 8.08 7.53 6.30 5.89 5.38

Results under the assumption that the floor’s prediction was correct
Error for [m] 7.05 7.60 3.26 2.95 2.51 2.76 2.68
Error for [m] 6.05 5.39 5.70 5.38 3.69 3.49 3.72
Horizontal error [m] 10.49 10.49 7.05 6.70 5.03 5.01 5.08