Cloud-based Indoor Positioning Platform for Context-adaptivity in GNSS-denied Scenarios 

    Quezada Gaibor, Darwin (Date of defense: 2023-03-31)

    The demand for positioning, localisation and navigation services is on the rise, largely owing to the fact that such services form an integral part of applications in areas such as agriculture, robotics, and eHealth. ...

    Direct communication radio Iinterface for new radio multicasting and cooperative positioning 

    Chukhno, Nadezhda (Date of defense: 2023-04-03)

    Recently, the popularity of Millimeter Wave (mmWave) wireless networks has increased due to their capability to cope with the escalation of mobile data demands caused by the unprecedented proliferation of smart devices in ...

    From Compression of Wearable-based Data to Effortless Indoor Positoning 

    Klus, Lucie (Date of defense: 2023-04-27)

    The dissertation focuses on boosting the energy efficiency of IoT and wearable devices by implementing lossy compression techniques onto sensor-based time-series data and into indoor localization paradigms. The thesis deals ...

    Collaborative Techniques for Indoor Positioning Systems 

    Pascacio De Los Santos, Pavel (Date of defense: 2023-06-09)

    This doctoral thesis focuses on developing and evaluating mobile device-based collaborative techniques to enhance the position accuracy of traditional indoor positioning systems based on RSSI (i.e., lateration and ...

    Exploiting Wireless Communications for Localization: Beyond Fingerprinting 

    Bravenec, Tomáš (Date of defense: 2023-12-18)

    The field of Location-based Services (LBS) has experienced significant growth over the past decade, driven by increasing interest in fitness tracking, robotics, and eHealth. This dissertation focuses on evaluating privacy ...

    Privacy-enhancing technologies and privacy-enhancing cryptography for wearables 

    Casanova-Marqués, Raúl (Date of defense: 2024-04-29)

    In response to escalating privacy concerns and the need for secure digital communication, cryptographic mechanisms have been developed to ensure impervious information exchange. However, traditional cryptographic approaches ...