Title :
An Improvement Approach of Indoor Location Sensing Using Active RFID
Author :
Shih, Sung-Tsun ; Hsieh, Kunta ; Chen, Pei-Yuan
Author_Institution :
Cheng-Shiu Univ.
fDate :
Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 1 2006
Abstract :
The proliferation of mobile computing devices and wireless networks has fostered a growing interest in location sensing systems and services. In this paper we present an improvement approach of indoor location sensing using active RFID system. This is a location sensing system that uses radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for locating objects inside a building. The major advantage of this system is that it improves the overall precision of locating objects by utilizing array of reference tags and some mathematic algorithms. Based on our analysis, we demonstrate that the ability of using active RFID to estimate user location with a high degree of accuracy. Although RFID is not designed for indoor location sensing, this algorithm can be used for indoor location sensing, and added to make RFID technologies competitive in this new and growing market
Keywords :
indoor radio; mobile computing; mobility management (mobile radio); radiofrequency identification; active RFID system; indoor location sensing system; mathematical algorithm; mobile computing device; object location estimation; radio frequency identification technology; wireless network; Active RFID tags; Algorithm design and analysis; Computer networks; Hospitals; Mathematics; Mobile computing; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency identification; Telephony; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Innovative Computing, Information and Control, 2006. ICICIC '06. First International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2616-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICICIC.2006.234