In the area of low-power wireless networks, one technology that many researchers are focusing on relates to positioning methods such as fingerprinting in densely populated urban areas. This work presents an experimental study aimed at quantifying mean location estimation error in populated areas. Using a dataset provided by the University of Antwerp, a neural network was implemented with the aim of providing end-device location. In this way, we were able to measure the mean localization error in areas of high urban density. The results obtained show a deviation of less than 150 m in locating the end device. This offset can be decreased up to a few meters, provided that there is a greater density of nodes per square meter. This result could enable Internet of Things (IoT) applications to use fingerprinting in place of energy-consuming alternatives.

One of the most complex challenges that wireless communication systems will face in the coming years is the management of the radio resource. In the next years, the growth of mobile devices, forecast (CISCO, 2020), will lead to the coexistence of about 8.8 billion mobile devices with a growing trend for the following years. This scenario makes the reuse of the radio resource particularly critical, which for its part will not undergo significant changes in terms of bandwidth availability. One of the biggest problems to be faced will be to identify solutions that optimize its use. This work shows how a combined approach of a Reinforcement Learning model and a Supervised Learning model (Multi-Layer Perceptron) can provide good performance in the prediction of the channel behavior and on the overall performance of the transmission chain, even for Cognitive Radio with limited computational power, such as NB-IoT, LoRaWan, Sigfox.

In the field of low power wireless networks, one of the techniques on which many researchers are putting their efforts is related to positioning methodologies such as fingerprinting in dense urban areas. This paper presents an experimental study aimed at quantifying the mean location estimation error in densely urbanized areas.Using a dataset made available by the University of Antwerp, a neural network was implemented with the aim of providing the position of the end-devices. In this way it was possible to measure the mean location estimation error in an area with high urban density. The results obtained show an accuracy in the localization of the end-device of less than 150 meters.This result would make it possible to use the fingerprint instead of alternative, energy consuming, methodologies such as GPS in IoT (Internet of Things) applications where battery life is the primary requirement to be met.

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