Peer-reviewed · Array (Elsevier), 2026
How Testing Shapes WiFi Positioning Results
“Systematic effects of evaluation protocols in WiFi fingerprint localisation: Uncertainty and dependence on survey geometry.” Rupendra Hada (IIT Indore) and Hemendra Singh Hada (Digitrix Software LLP). WiFi fingerprinting estimates where a device is from the signal strengths it sees. The paper shows that the way these systems are usually tested changes the accuracy they report: when survey data are split at random, the test reuses points already seen in training, so it measures re-identification rather than true localisation. It quantifies this effect, shows how it depends on survey spacing, and releases the evaluation code.
DOI
10.1016/j.array.2026.101407