Title :
Location awareness for on-the-go equipment access in a smart bio-laboratory
Author :
For, Wei-khing ; Bao, Xiaoming ; Gan, Woon-Seng ; Ng, See-Kiong
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
With the recent advances in genomic research and biotechnology, ubiquitous smart services are required in a bio-laboratory to simplify complex experiments that are now routine. In this paper, we describe a novel stochastic positioning by interpolated radial mapping (SPIRM) method devised for implementing a low-cost small-scale relative positioning engine in a smart laboratory operating in the common IEEE 802.11b based wireless network environment. We show that through SPIRM-enabled small-scale relative positioning of our custom-designed embedded devices ("BioBridge (BB) devices") attached to bio-apparatuses, we can provide location awareness in a smart bio-laboratory for intelligent on-the-move unwired access of lab equipment.
Keywords :
biomedical communication; computerised instrumentation; laboratory techniques; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11b based wireless network environment; bio-apparatus; custom-designed embedded devices; intelligent on-the-move unwired access; location awareness; on-the-go equipment access; smart bio-laboratory; stochastic positioning by interpolated radial mapping; ubiquitous smart services; Bioinformatics; Biology computing; Engines; Genomics; Laboratories; Mobile radio mobility management; Pervasive computing; Space technology; Stochastic processes; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, 2005. WOCN 2005. Second IFIP International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9019-9
DOI :
10.1109/WOCN.2005.1436044
