ZigBee/GPS tracking system for rowing races

Author

Simões, Nuno D. ; Gonçalves, João L. ; Caeiro, Maria L. ; Boavida, Miguel J. ; Cardoso, Filipe D.

Author_Institution

ESTSetubal, Polytech. Inst. of Setubal, Setubal, Portugal

fYear

2011

fDate

27-29 April 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper a ZigBee/GPS Tracking System for Rowing Races is presented. The system provides real-time monitoring of boat position. Potential applications includes, race monitoring, aided-training and safety systems. The system is composed of two main types of modules, Mobile Units equipped with a GPS receiver (in the boat), and a fixed one composed by the Central Unit and the Race Manager, located in the operations room. The communication between the Central and the Mobile units is provided by a point to multipoint ZigBee wireless network. At the current development stage a system prototype was developed and used for testing purposes. Preliminary tests, in order to make a first assessment of system functionalities, were performed in a simulated land environment and the obtained results were promising.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; Zigbee; boats; wireless sensor networks; ZigBee wireless network; ZigBee/GPS tracking system; boat position; real-time monitoring; rowing races; Boats; Copper; Global Positioning System; Mobile communication; Monitoring; Wireless communication; Zigbee; GPS; Rowing; Tracking; ZigBee;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

EUROCON - International Conference on Computer as a Tool (EUROCON), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7486-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUROCON.2011.5929248

Filename

5929248