Congreso: European Microwave Week 2012, EuMC 2012: Advances in Wireless Technologies for MIMO. Amsterdam - RAI, Holland, 28 Octubre – 2 Noviembre, 2012

Autores: Jaime Calle Sánchez,  Mariano Molina García, José Ignacio Alonso Montes, Alfonso Fernández Durán.

Emerging femtocell networks are conceived to extend radio coverage indoors, giving support to a high variety of
services. In enterprise scenarios, the demand of reliable and accurate indoor Location Based Services (LBS) is gaining
momentum. The femtocell network infrastructure can be used to provide location services based on Received Signal Strength Index (RSSI) and fingerprint location techniques. In this paper, an analysis of different propagation models has been carried out to evaluate their suitability for reducing calibration efforts during fingerprint calibration stage. For that purpose, a procedure including both a simulation process and a measurement campaign has been defined. Results obtained will allow adjusting indoor propagation models parameters and evaluating their applicability for reducing calibration effort while improving accuracy in location fingerprint techniques.