Indoor Positioning Using Federated Kalman Filter

Abstract

In this paper, the performance of a multi-sensor fusion technique, namely Federated Kalman Filter (FKF) is studied in the context of indoor positioning problem. Kalman filters having centralized and decentralized structures are widely used in outdoor positioning and navigation applications. Global Positioning System (GPS) is the most commonly used system for outdoor positionin/navigation, which cannot be used indoors due to the signal loss. In this study, a decentralized structure for FKF is applied in indoor positioning problem by taking its outdoor navigation performance into consideration. Simulations are performed with distance measurements, which are assumed to be calculated by using Received Signal Strength (RSS). Results gathered via different simulations are evaluated as promising for future studies.