Research Article

Practical Fingerprinting Localization for Indoor Positioning System by Using Beacons

Table 2

Experiment conditions for the evaluation of the proposed fingerprinting method at the room.

ParametersValue

Total number of beacons ()5
Length/breadth of the room7.28 m × 7.24 m
Height of beacon deployment2.7 m
Beacon transmission power+4 dBm
Beacon advertisement interval300 milliseconds
Tx-Rx devicesEstimote beacons, iPhone 4S
[dBm]−64.97
Path loss exponent (n)1.6
Degree () in WCL method0.5
Number of reference points ()20 and 32