Wireless triangulation is a method of determining the location of wireless nodes using
IEEE 802.11
IEEE 802.11 is part of the IEEE 802 set of local area network (LAN) technical standards, and specifies the set of media access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) protocols for implementing wireless local area network (WLAN) computer commu ...
standards.
It is normally implemented by measuring the
RSSI
In telecommunications, received signal strength indicator (RSSI) is a measurement of the power present in a received radio signal.
RSSI is usually invisible to a user of a receiving device. However, because signal strength can vary greatly and a ...
signals strength.
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See also
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Location awareness
Location awareness refers to devices that can passively or actively determine their location. Navigational instruments provide location coordinates for vessels and vehicles. Surveying equipment identifies location with respect to a well-known loca ...
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Real-time locating standards
Real-time locating systems (RTLS), also known as real-time tracking systems, are used to automatically identify and track the location of objects or people in real time, usually within a building or other contained area. Wireless RTLS tags are a ...
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Wireless local area network
A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a wireless computer network that links two or more devices using wireless communication to form a local area network (LAN) within a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, campus, or office buildin ...
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Wireless personal area network
A personal area network (PAN) is a computer network for interconnecting electronic devices within an individual person's workspace. A PAN provides data transmission among devices such as computers, smartphones, tablets and personal digital ass ...
References
Radio-frequency identification
Radio navigation
Tracking
Wireless locating
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