Most cited papers in Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
What are the most cited papers in Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies?
The most cited paper in Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies is "Wireless sensor networks: a survey" (Ian Fuat Akyildiz, Weilian Su, Yogesh Sankarasubramaniam et al., 2002), with 17,476 citations. Next come "RADAR: an in-building RF-based user location and tracking system" (8,388) and "Internet of Things for Smart Cities" (6,330).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 900 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wireless sensor networks: a survey Ian Fuat Akyildiz, Weilian Su, Yogesh Sankarasubramaniam et al. · Computer Networks | Mar 2002 | 17,476 |
| 2 | RADAR: an in-building RF-based user location and tracking system Paramvir Bahl, Venkat N. Padmanabhan | 7 Nov 2002 | 8,388 |
| 3 | Internet of Things for Smart Cities Andréa Zanella, Nicola Bui, Angelo Paolo Castellani et al. · IEEE Internet of Things Journal | Feb 2014 | 6,330 |
| 4 | VINS-Mono: A Robust and Versatile Monocular Visual-Inertial State Estimator Tong Qin, Peiliang Li, Shaojie Shen · IEEE Transactions on Robotics | 27 Jul 2018 | 4,713 |
| 5 | Simultaneous localization and mapping: part I Hugh F Durrant-Whyte, T.E.R. Bailey · IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine | Jun 2006 | 4,212 |
| 6 | Survey of Wireless Indoor Positioning Techniques and Systems Hui Liu, Houshang Darabi, Pat P. Banerjee et al. · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part C (Applications and Reviews) | 23 Oct 2007 | 4,119 |
| 7 | Semidefinite Relaxation of Quadratic Optimization Problems Zhi-Quan Tom Luo, Wing‐Kin Ma, Anthony Man–Cho So et al. · IEEE Signal Processing Magazine | 23 Apr 2010 | 3,769 |
| 8 | Integrated Sensing and Communications: Toward Dual-Functional Wireless Networks for 6G and Beyond Fan Liu, Yuanhao Cui, Christos Masouros et al. · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications | 17 Mar 2022 | 3,684 |
| 9 | GPS-less low-cost outdoor localization for very small devices Nirupama Bulusu, John Heidemann, Deborah L. Estrin · IEEE Personal Communications | 2000 | 3,601 |
| 10 | Past, Present, and Future of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping: Toward the Robust-Perception Age Cesar Cadena, Luca Carlone, Henry Carrillo et al. · IEEE Transactions on Robotics | Dec 2016 | 3,484 |
| 11 | Wireless integrated network sensors Gregory J. Pottie, William J. Kaiser · Communications of the ACM | May 2000 | 3,227 |
| 12 | Sensor networks: Evolution, opportunities, and challenges Chee-Yee Chong, Sanjeev Kumar · Proceedings of the IEEE | Aug 2003 | 3,092 |
| 13 | Locating the nodes: cooperative localization in wireless sensor networks Neal Patwari, Joshua N. Ash, Spyros Kyperountas et al. · IEEE Signal Processing Magazine | 28 Jun 2005 | 3,059 |
| 14 | Location systems for ubiquitous computing Jeffrey R. Hightower, Gaetano Borriello · Computer | 2001 | 2,998 |
| 15 | MUSIC, maximum likelihood, and Cramer-Rao bound Petre Stoica, Arye Nehorai · IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing | May 1989 | 2,829 |
| 16 | Dynamic fine-grained localization in Ad-Hoc networks of sensors Andreas Savvides, Chih‐Chieh Han, Mani B. Strivastava | 16 Jul 2001 | 2,702 |
| 17 | A solution to the simultaneous localization and map building (SLAM) problem Gamini Dissanayake, Paul M. Newman, Samuel Clark et al. · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation | Jun 2001 | 2,671 |
| 18 | Range-free localization schemes for large scale sensor networks Tian He, Chengdu Huang, Brian M. Blum et al. | 14 Sep 2003 | 2,649 |
| 19 | A simple and efficient estimator for hyperbolic location Y.T. Chan, K. C. Ho · IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing | 1994 | 2,535 |
| 20 | A Survey of Indoor Localization Systems and Technologies Faheem Zafari, Athanasios Gkelias, Kin Kwong Leung · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials | 2019 | 2,470 |
| 21 | Improved Techniques for Grid Mapping With Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filters Giorgio Grisetti, Cyrill Stachniss, Wolfram Burgard · IEEE Transactions on Robotics | Feb 2007 | 2,455 |
| 22 | A survey on clustering algorithms for wireless sensor networks Ameer Ahmed Abbasi, Mohamed Younis · Computer Communications | 22 Jun 2007 | 2,394 |
| 23 | LANDMARC: indoor location sensing using active RFID Lionel Ming-shuan Ni, Yunhao Liu, Yiu Cho Lau et al. | 24 Jan 2004 | 2,325 |
| 24 | Ad hoc positioning system (APS) using AOA Dragoş Niculescu, Badri Nath | Mar 2004 | 2,119 |
| 25 | Localization via ultra-wideband radios: a look at positioning aspects for future sensor networks Sinan Gezici, Zhi Tian, Georgios B. Giannakis et al. · IEEE Signal Processing Magazine | 28 Jun 2005 | 2,083 |
| 26 | Estimation of IMU and MARG orientation using a gradient descent algorithm Sebastian Madgwick, Andrew J. Harrison, Ravi Vaidyanathan | Jun 2011 | 2,078 |
| 27 | Underwater acoustic communication channels: Propagation models and statistical characterization Milica Stojanovic, James C. Preisig · IEEE Communications Magazine | 2009 | 2,074 |
| 28 | Mobile crowdsensing: current state and future challenges Raghu Ganti, Fan Ye, Hui Lei · IEEE Communications Magazine | Nov 2011 | 2,069 |
| 29 | FastSLAM: a factored solution to the simultaneous localization and mapping problem Michael Montemerlo, Sebastian Thrun, Daphne Koller et al. | 28 Jul 2002 | 2,049 |
| 30 | Real-time loop closure in 2D LIDAR SLAM Wolfgang J. Hess, Damon Kohler, Holger Rapp et al. | May 2016 | 1,967 |
| 31 | Relative location estimation in wireless sensor networks Neal Patwari, Alfred O. Hero, Matt Perkins et al. · IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing | 16 Jul 2003 | 1,892 |
| 32 | Wireless sensor network localization techniques Guoqiang Mao, Barış Fi̇dan, Brian D. O. Anderson · Computer Networks | 8 Jan 2007 | 1,880 |
| 33 | Robust Monte Carlo localization for mobile robots Sebastian Thrun, Dieter Fox, Wolfram Burgard et al. · Artificial Intelligence | May 2001 | 1,820 |
| 34 | Ad hoc positioning system (APS) Dragoş Niculescu, Bishal Kumar Nath | 13 Nov 2002 | 1,809 |
| 35 | Keyframe-based visual–inertial odometry using nonlinear optimization Stefan Leutenegger, Simon Lynen, Michael Bosse et al. · The International Journal of Robotics Research | 15 Dec 2014 | 1,766 |
| 36 | FAST-LIO2: Fast Direct LiDAR-Inertial Odometry Wei Dong Xu, Yixi Cai, Dongjiao He et al. · IEEE Transactions on Robotics | 31 Jan 2022 | 1,716 |
| 37 | DV Based Positioning in Ad Hoc Networks Dragoş Niculescu, Badri Nath · Telecommunication Systems | 2003 | 1,670 |
| 38 | The Horus WLAN location determination system Moustafa A. Youssef, Ashok K. Agrawala | 6 Jun 2005 | 1,664 |
| 39 | Convex position estimation in wireless sensor networks Lance Doherty, Kristofer S. J. Pister, Laurent El Ghaoui | 13 Nov 2002 | 1,644 |
| 40 | The normal distributions transform: a new approach to laser scan matching Peter Biber, Wolfgang Straßer | 8 Jul 2004 | 1,570 |
| 41 | A survey of indoor positioning systems for wireless personal networks Yanying Gu, Anthony Lo, Ignas G. M. M. Niemegeers · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials | 2009 | 1,548 |
| 42 | AUV Navigation and Localization: A Review Liam Paull, Sajad Saeedi, Mae Seto et al. · IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering | 2014 | 1,545 |
| 43 | Pedestrian Tracking with Shoe-Mounted Inertial Sensors Eric M. Foxlin · IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications | Nov 2005 | 1,407 |
| 44 | Cyberguide: A mobile context‐aware tour guide Gregory D. Abowd, Christopher G. Atkeson, Jason Hong et al. · Wireless Networks | Oct 1997 | 1,366 |
| 45 | A new location technique for the active office Andy Ward, A. Jones, A. Hopper · IEEE Personal Communications | 1997 | 1,362 |
| 46 | Wi-Fi Fingerprint-Based Indoor Positioning: Recent Advances and Comparisons Suining He, S.-H. Gary Chan · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials | 3 Aug 2015 | 1,358 |
| 47 | Localization from mere connectivity Yi Shang, Wheeler Ruml, Ying Zhang et al. | Jun 2003 | 1,351 |
| 48 | Network-based wireless location: challenges faced in developing techniques for accurate wireless location information A.H. Sayed, A. Tarighat, N. Khajehnouri · IEEE Signal Processing Magazine | 28 Jun 2005 | 1,319 |
| 49 | Maximum likelihood localization of multiple sources by alternating projection Ilan Ziskind, M. Wax · IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing | 1988 | 1,283 |
| 50 | Understanding packet delivery performance in dense wireless sensor networks Jerry Zhao, Ramesh Govindan | 5 Nov 2003 | 1,279 |
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