Research Article

A Hybrid RSS/TOA Method for 3D Positioning in an Indoor Environment

Table 4

Rmse for 3D positioning error using TOA alone, RSS alone, hybrid RSS/TOA and hwls RSS/TOA.

MethodCoordinatesVariance (m)Min Error (m)Mean Error (m)RMSE (m)

TOA 𝑋 1.501.0231.04 5.75
𝑌 0.701.0681.05
𝑍 1.801.121.38

RSS 𝑋 1.751.341.80 6.1
𝑌 1.201.901.72
𝑍 2.011.402.40

Hybrid TOA/RSS 𝑋 1.440.981.00 4.23
𝑌 0.500.970.99
𝑍 1.501.011.20

HWLS TOA/RSS 𝑋 0.0130.430.45 2.02
𝑌 0.0120.150.20
𝑍 0.280.1190.72