Programming an Artificial Neural Network Tool for Spatial Interpolation in GIS - A Case Study for Indoor Radio Wave Propagation of WLAN 英文参考文献.docVIP

Sensors 2008, 8, 5996-6014; DOI: 10.3390/s8095996 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /sensors Article Programming an Artificial Neural Network Tool for Spatial Interpolation in GIS - A Case Study for Indoor Radio Wave Propagation of WLAN Alper ?en 1, M. ümit Gümü?ay 1,*, Aktül Kavas 2 and Umut Bulucu 2 1 Geodesy and Photogrammetry Engineering Department, Yildiz Technical University, Besiktas- Istanbul, Turkey; E-Mail: alpersen79@ 2 Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, Yildiz Technical University, Besiktas- Istanbul, Turkey; E-mails: kavas@.tr; ubulucu@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: gumusay@.tr; Tel.: +90- 212-383-30-16; Fax: +90-212-26107-67 Received: 31 July 2008; in revised form: 3 September 2008 / Accepted: 11 September 2008 / Published: 25 September 2008 Abstract: Wireless communication networks offer subscribers the possibilities of free mobility and access to information anywhere at any time. Therefore, electromagnetic coverage calculations are important for wireless mobile communication systems, especially in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). Before any propagation computation is performed, modeling of indoor radio wave propagation needs accurate geographical information in order to avoid the interruption of data transmissions. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial interpolation techniques are very efficient for performing indoor radio wave propagation modeling. This paper describes the spatial interpolation of electromagnetic field measurements using a feed-forward back-propagation neural network programmed as a tool in GIS. The accuracy of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and geostatistical Kriging were compared by adjusting procedures. The feed- forward back-propagation ANN provides adequate accuracy for spatial interpolation, but the predictions of Kriging interpol