Wireless localization with diffusion maps
In the Wireless Localization Matching Problem (WLMP) the challenge is to match pieces of equipment with a set of candidate locations based on wireless signal measurements taken by the pieces of equipment. This challenge is complicated by the noise that is inherent in wireless signal measurements. Here we propose the use of difusion maps, a manifold learning technique, to obtain an embedding of positions and equipment coordinates in a space that enables coordinate comparison and reliable evaluation of assignment quality at very low computational cost. We show that the mapping is robust to noise and using difusion maps allows for accurate matching in a realistic setting. This suggests that the difusion-map-based approach could signifcantly increase the accuracy of wireless localization in applications.