Wireless localization is essential for tracking objects in indoor environments. Internet of Things (IoT) enables localization through its diverse wireless communication protocols. In this paper, a hybrid section-based indoor localization method using a developed Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tracking device and multiple IoT wireless technologies is proposed. In order to reduce the cost of the RFID tags, the tags are installed only on the borders of each section. The RFID tracking device identifies the section, and the proposed wireless hybrid method finds the location of the object inside the section. The proposed hybrid method is analytically driven by linear location estimates obtained from different IoT wireless technologies. The experimental results using developed RFID tracking device and RSSI-based localization for Bluetooth, WiFi and ZigBee technologies verifies the analytical results.

翻译：无线定位对于室内环境中的物体追踪至关重要。物联网凭借其多样化的无线通信协议实现了定位功能。本文提出了一种基于混合区域的室内定位方法，该方法使用自主研发的射频识别追踪设备并结合多种物联网无线技术。为降低RFID标签成本，标签仅安装在每个区域边界。RFID追踪设备识别区域，而所提出的无线混合方法则在该区域内确定物体具体位置。该混合方法通过不同物联网无线技术获取的线性位置估计进行解析推导。基于自主研发的RFID追踪设备及针对蓝牙、WiFi和ZigBee技术采用RSSI定位方法的实验结果验证了解析结果的准确性。