In the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), due to the unexpected operation of equipments and the changing of surround environment, the dropping and multi-component problems might present in the observed data. Dropping refers to the fact that occasionally Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) measurements of Wi-Fi access points (AP) are not available, although their value is clearly above the limited sensitivity of Wi-Fi sensors on portable devices. | WLAN fingerprinting based indoor positioning in the presence of dropped mixture data