Access point localization using autonomous mobile robot

Abstract

Identifying the location of an access point, whether it is legitimate or rogue, is an important research problem due to the wide range of applications that can solve critical security threats or enable a better and more efficient installation of access points within the service area. Though most suggested solutions have proven their efficiency using mathematical modeling and computer simulation, this paper presents a simple and efficient practical approach to identify the location of an access point in an indoor environment using an autonomous mobile robot. The proposed approach is based on taking a relatively small number of the access point's received signal strength samples at known locations. The experimental performance evaluation verified that the proposed approach can identify the location of the access point accurately and efficiently. Comparative analysis demonstrated that the proposed approach outperforms similar existing approaches in both time and accuracy.