Indoor Localization Techniques Based on Wireless Communication
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Communications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editor
Interests: telecommunications–mobile communications-5G communications; electronic positioning/localization/tracking of wireless devices; design and management of wireless telecommunication systems and networks; radio propagation/radio planning/wireless channel modelling; human exposure to electromagnetic radiation; information systems development; ubiquitous and pervasive computing/internet of things; responsibility in smart environments/technologies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Indoor localization has become a key enabling technology for smart environments, including smart buildings, Industry 4.0, healthcare, logistics, and immersive tools. As GNSS signals remain unreliable indoors, the scholarly community continues to advance wireless-based positioning and hybrid sensing methods to achieve high accuracy, robustness, and scalability in complex indoor spaces. Emerging wireless technologies, such as Wi-Fi, BLE, UWB, 5G/6G, radar, RFID, optical, acoustic, and magnetic field–based systems, combined with AI, sensor fusion, and context-awareness, are reshaping the capabilities of indoor positioning and navigation.
This Special Issue will highlight recent advances in, experimental findings on, and innovative applications in indoor localization techniques based on wireless communications. Particular focus is placed on indoor positioning, navigation, and tracking methods such as (but not limited to) the following:
- AI- and ML-based systems;
- Wireless sensor or cellular network-based positioning;
- AoA-, TOA-, TOF-, and TDOA-based techniques;
- Channel Impulse Response-based methods;
- Cooperative localization systems;
- Fingerprinting approaches;
- Hybrid IMU and foot-mounted pedestrian navigation;
- Magnetic field-based localization;
- Inertial and hybrid tracking systems;
- Radar-based localization (e.g., mmWave);
- Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM);
- 5G, 6G, and UWB positioning;
- Sensor fusion algorithms;
- Smartphone-based localization;
- FTM and CSI-based Wi-Fi localization, and related topics.
Dr. Marios Raspopoulos
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- UWB positioning
- indoor localization
- radar-based localization
- Wi-Fi localization
- foot-mounted pedestrian navigation
- cooperative localization systems
- wireless sensor or cellular network-based positioning
- simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM)
- smartphone-based localization
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