In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a processor configured to determine a first result of estimating a position based at least in part on a first partial radio map, the processor further configured to perform a first comparison of the first result to a reference position, and a memory configured to store a second result based upon the comparison.

A method and system for facilitating an access request. The method may be executed in the processor of a server computing device and comprises receiving, at a memory of the server computing device, the request for access, the request for access performed using a security device at an access point device communicatively coupled to the server computing device, localizing a mobile computing device having a preestablished association with the security device, and enabling the request for access when a position of the mobile computing device as determined from the localizing is within a predetermined threshold distance from a location of the access point device.

A method is disclosed comprising: determining, using a processor, whether a radio model of at least one radio node associated with a data set is incomplete based on a comparison between the coverage area of the radio model of the at least one radio node and a cumulative coverage area generated out of radio models of the at least one radio node associated with a plurality of data sets, wherein a data collection comprises the plurality of data sets and the data collection is indicative to at least one indoor radio map. Further disclosed are a corresponding apparatus, a corresponding system and a corresponding software program.

A technique for determining a list of neighbouring radio resources from signal strength measurements taken by mobile terminals is presented. Two or more signal strength measurements taken by the same mobile terminal at substantially the same time are grouped to a data set that associates, for each of two or more different radio resources of a given radio resource type, a measured signal strength with an identifier of the measured radio resource. An apparatus implementation of the technique presented herein is configured to analyze, using a similarity metric, similarity of a plurality of data sets, cluster the data sets, or information derived therefrom, based on data sets similarity so as to obtain multiple clusters representative of different radio locations and to determine, from each cluster, a radio resource set that defines a list of neighbouring radio resources for the radio location represented by that cluster.

A method and a system of providing, for display at a mobile computing device, a pedestrian route associated with an indoor facility. The method comprises localizing the mobile computing device at a first position of the indoor facility, determining a credential associated with the mobile computing device, and communicating, for display at the mobile computing device, the pedestrian route from the first position to at least a second position of the indoor facility, the pedestrian route determined at least partly based on the credential.

A non-time of flight or time of arrival position location system for accurate determination of a user's location in an enclosed, indoor, or covered environment can include a number of beacons mounted in an arrangement within the environment. Each of the beacons is mounted in a known location and transmits a broadcast signal containing a unique identifier that identifies the originating beacon. A handheld electronic device including a receiver and a communicably coupled processor can receive broadcast signals from at least some of the number of beacons, iteratively determine a vector quantity corresponding to each of the received signals, and sum the resultant vector quantities to determine an updated position. The iterative process can be repeated until consecutive iterations yield an updated position that falls within a defined threshold.

A computing device and method are provided for accelerating the coarse relocalization process of the computing device by generating a current fingerprint using signal data detected by sensors, statistically analyzing the current fingerprint for proximity to candidate fingerprints in fingerprint data to generate a ranked list, and subsequently retrieving map data corresponding to the closest matching fingerprints in the ranked list. The computing device may comprise a processor, a memory operatively coupled to the processor, and a fingerprint program stored in the memory and executed by the processor.

A method for predicting outdoor three-dimensional space signal field strength by extended COST-231-Walfisch-Ikegami propagation model, comprising: establishing a three-dimensional scene model between a transmitting base station and a predicted region space; performing an on-site measurement according to a certain resolution in a prediction region and recording wireless signal strength information at a height of 1 m above the ground; acquiring a vertical cross section between the transmitting base station and a receiving point at a height of 1 m above the ground, and acquiring therefrom an average roof height, an average street width and an average between-building space; predicting a reception signal strength at a measurement point in a calculation formula of a COST-231-Walfishch-Ikegami propagation model; correcting the COST-231-Walfishch-Ikegami propagation model of the measurement point according to an error between measured data and a prediction result; acquiring a vertical cross section between the transmitting base station and a receiving point at other height of the measurement point, and filtering therefrom buildings outside a Fresnel circle to re-acquire the average roof height, the average street width and the average between-building space; and calculating a reception signal strength at other height of the measurement point according to the corrected COST-231-Walfishch-Ikegami propagation model.

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a processor configured to determine a first result of estimating a position based at least in part on a first partial radio map, the processor further configured to perform a first comparison of the first result to a reference position, and a memory configured to store a second result based upon the comparison.

A method is disclosed, comprising: holding available, by a first apparatus, encrypted first positioning support data, wherein said encrypted first positioning support data are decryptable by a first decryption key, and wherein said encrypted first positioning support data are configured to enable one or more mobile devices receiving said encrypted first positioning support data and having access to said first decryption key to determine their position at least partially based on said first positioning support data; and automatically and repeatedly sending or triggering sending, by said first apparatus, said encrypted first positioning support data.