OFDRA: Optimal Femtocell Deployment for Accurate Indoor Positioning of RIS-Mounted AVs

A Famili, T Atalay, A Stavrou, H Wang… - IEEE Journal on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The pursuit of high-accuracy localization without relying on the global positioning system
(GPS) has gained significant interest in recent years. The deployment of autonomous …

BLE-based indoor localization: Analysis of some solutions for performance improvement

F Milano, H da Rocha, M Laracca, L Ferrigno… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
This paper addresses indoor localization using an anchor-based system based on Bluetooth
Low Energy (BLE) 5.0 technology, adopting the Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) …

iDROP: Robust localization for indoor navigation of drones with optimized beacon placement

A Famili, A Stavrou, H Wang… - IEEE internet of things …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Drones in many applications need the ability to fly fully or partially autonomously to
accomplish their mission. To allow these fully/partially autonomous flights, first, the drone …

SPIN: sensor placement for indoor navigation of drones

A Famili, A Stavrou, H Wang… - 2022 IEEE Latin …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Drones must operate permanently or temporarily autonomously for many applications. They
rely on access to location services upon obtaining navigation commands and continually …

Reflective Markers Assisted Indoor LiDAR Self-Positioning Algorithm based on Joint Optimization with FIM and GDOP

L Xie, J Hu, N Du, M Zhou, Y Wang… - IEEE Sensors …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) is one of the key technologies in
autonomous driving and has been wildly used in mobile robot exploration and unmanned …

Eternal flying: Optimal placement of wireless chargers for nonstop drone flights

A Famili, A Stavrou - 2022 International Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the preceding decades, the drone market has flourished at an exponential rate. We can
now easily carry out a variety of tasks by deploying drones, either in a semi/fully autonomous …

Wi-Six: precise positioning in the metaverse via optimal Wi-Fi router deployment in 6G networks

A Famili, T Atalay, A Stavrou… - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile networks are evolving at a rapid pace to accommodate the growing versatility of use
cases. 5G deployments have been designed in a way to offer services in the form of end-to …

Optimal beacon deployment for positioning in cluttered indoor environments

Z Wu, Z Yao, M Lu - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate indoor positioning is vital for many indoor autonomous systems. This article
focuses on the influence of beacon placement on overall positioning quality in cluttered …

Optilod: Optimal beacon placement for high-accuracy indoor localization of drones

A Famili, A Stavrou, H Wang, JM Park - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
For many applications, drones are required to operate entirely or partially autonomously. In
order to fly completely or partially on their own, drones need to access location services for …

Wi-Five: optimal placement of Wi-Fi routers in 5G networks for indoor drone navigation

A Famili, T Atalay, A Stavrou… - 2023 IEEE 97th Vehicular …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the near future, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will be used to automate the logistics
between organizations and their customers by relying on high accuracy localization. In this …