The invention provides a passive positioning method based on a
wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) beam forming feedback information (BFI). The passive positioning method comprises the following steps of: firstly, carrying out passive positioning on the basis of the Wi-Fi beam forming feedback information (BFI); the method comprises the following steps: firstly, pre-determining the position of a
transceiver, and respectively extracting BFIs of a
direct path and a target reflection path of the
transceiver; compared with extraction of
channel state information (CSI), the BFI is inherent information in a Wi-Fi communication protocol, special acquisition hardware does not need to be additionally deployed, the BFI can be directly extracted from the communication process, the hardware cost and the deployment threshold of a
positioning system are greatly reduced, and large-scale popularization and application are easier to realize. And secondly, by constructing a BFI
covariance matrix, high-dimensional matrix operation in a traditional MUSIC
algorithm is converted into low-dimensional matrix
processing, and the calculation complexity is remarkably reduced. And finally, constructing a
spectral function to respectively obtain an
angle of departure (AOD) of a
direct path of the
transceiver and a target reflection path and a
flight time difference of the two paths, substituting the parameters into the elliptic constraint model for calculation, and finally solving to obtain an estimated position of the target. According to the method designed by the invention, the real-time performance and the deployment flexibility of the
system are greatly improved under the condition that the calculation complexity is remarkably reduced and the support of specific hardware is not needed.