Survey on Resource Positioning

In the last decade, positioning has become a steadily growing research topic. The increase in use and availability of wireless networks has allowed for an ever growing exchange of information and increased communication capabilities. Mobile applications offer resource positioning, which can help in different areas of society. These applications can be used to track people with special needs or elderly people, to help people navigate through the city, or to allow parents to know the whereabouts of their children. The objective of this survey is to describe the numerous positioning techniques and methods used to address the positioning problem, and determine their overall performance in outdoor and indoor settings based on a set of metrics. To facilitate the understanding of our work, a set of comparison tables is elaborated based on the method’s performance, along with a brief discussion for each table. Finally, we review the work of other authors in positioning.