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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

On Fusing Wireless Fingerprints with Pedestrian Dead Reckoning to Improve Indoor Localization Accuracy.

Gimo C Fernando, Tinghao Qi, Edmund V Ndimbo, Assefa Tesfay Abraha, Bang Wang

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Authors and funding

5 authors.

Gimo C FernandoSchool of Information, Electronic and Communications, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.ORCID 0009-0000-6101-7189
Tinghao QiSchool of Information, Electronic and Communications, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
Edmund V NdimboSchool of Information, Electronic and Communications, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
Assefa Tesfay AbrahaMekelle Institute of Technology, Mekelle University, Mekelle 7000, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0002-1706-5762
Bang WangSchool of Information, Electronic and Communications, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0312-4805

Funding

The 2023 Hubei Province International Science and Technology Cooperation Program: Research on intelligent fusion high precision positioning terminal and system (Grant No. 2023EHA002)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accurate indoor positioning remains a critical challenge due to the limitations of single-source systems, such as signal instability and environmental obstructions. This study introduces a multi-source fusion positioning algorithm that integrates inertial sensors and signal fingerprints to address these issues. Using a weighted fusion method, the algorithm employs pedestrian dead reckoning (PDR) for trajectory tracking and combines its outputs with wireless signal fingerprints. Experimental evaluations conducted on diverse trajectories reveal significant improvements in accuracy, achieving a 35.3% enhancement over wireless-only systems and a 71.4% improvement compared to standalone PDR. The proposed method effectively balances computational efficiency and accuracy, demonstrating robustness in complex and dynamic indoor environments. These findings establish the algorithm's potential for practical applications in navigation, robotics, and Industry 4.0, where precise indoor localization is essential.

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fusion algorithmindoor positioninginertial sensorsmulti-source data fusionpedestrian dead reckoningsignal fingerprints

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PMID40096033
PMCPMC11902797

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