INDOOR POSITION DETERMINATION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON WLAN SIGNAL STRENGTH

An indoor position determination method and system based on WLAN signal strength using remote monitoring and cell space environmental attenuation is provided. The indoor position determination method includes a remote monitoring step of collecting information about signal strength from a neighboring AP and generating an AP signal strength table, a position information requesting step of receiving identification information and signal strength of a detected AP from a mobile terminal, and a cell determination step of comparing a signal strength pattern of each AP received from the mobile terminal with a neighboring AP signal strength pattern of each AP with reference to the AP signal strength table and determining a cell having an AP with a most similar pattern as a cell where the mobile terminal is presently located. Environmental attenuation is used instead of wall attenuation and floor attenuation, and locations of an AP and a mobile terminal in the same cell space may be may be simply estimated by applying the same environmental attenuation.