Signposting System And Pathfinding Method

A method is disclosed for pathfinding in a building, wherein a user of a mobile terminal uses multiple navigation points installed in the building to determine a path to a desired destination in the building. The pathfinding uses the principle of next-hop forwarding used in routing protocols. For such packet switching, a packet switcher does not know the complete path to the packet's destination, but only the route to the next intermediate station or "next hop." The collected path descriptions required at a respective position for successful navigation are short enough to record in the memory of a navigation point, e.g., a Bluetooth beacon. For successful indoor navigation, a short textual path description at the next respective fork in the path or distinctive location is sufficient to allow a user to find the path. Thus, effective pathfinding may be provided without accurate position finding or geometric location of the user.