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Asset Management and Tracking Using RFID, RTLS and Wi-Fi
Asset tracking technologies such as RTLS and passive RFID are being used to track assets of different values. The session
will explore the technologies and their applicability to traditional asset management as well as locating handsets in support
of enterprise mobile VoIP emergency calling.
Moderator:
Kris Kolodziej, IndoorLBS.com
Speakers:
Benton Yetman, SRS Program Manager, PenBay Media - Spatial Robotic Solutions Room: Parc II
There are wide-area, local-area,
and micro-area solutions to the "indoor" location problem; GPS has largely solved the outdoor problem. The
systems this session will feature solve indoor location problems by using complimentary and alternative positioning technologies
to GPS.
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Last Year's Indoor
LBS Session's Speakers:
Moderator: Krzysztof
Kolodziej, IndoorLBS.com This session explores
the possible approaches and technologies to location problems including people and asset tracking, mobile resource management,
public safety and handset location-based service. It examines several indoor positioning systems, providing detailed case
studies of existing applications and their requirements.
The Ins and Outs of Local (Indoor) Positioning Systems
Krzysztof Kolodziej, IndoorLBS.com
This presentation discusses local (indoor) LBS,
and explores the possible approaches and technologies for indoor/local LBS. Kolodziej will discuss material from his book, Local Positioning Systems, including Indoor LBS Applications using several local positioning systems, providing detailed case studies of existing applications
and their requirements. Topics cover the infrastructure components, indoor position computation, indoor maps, geo-referenced
data, location models and deployment issues.
Active
RFID and Wi-Fi: Integrating Location Technology into Standard Networks
Joshua Slobin, Director of Marketing, AeroScout, Inc.
Real-time location of assets is one of the
highly regarded benefits of RFID, but many have balked at the price (and questionable ROI) of using standard RFID systems
to achieve it. There is another solution, and leading organizations have embraced it: by combining Active RFID systems with
existing Wi-Fi wireless networks, they can reach the same goals at a lower cost.
TV-Positioning
for Mobile Applications
Matthew Rabinowitz,
Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Rosum Corporation
While GPS is the predominant technology
used in LBS and tracking systems, it is unreliable indoors and in dense urban environments. Rosum has developed a reliable
location technology based on unmodified broadcast TV signals. TV broadcasts are high-power, wide-bandwidth signals that penetrate
buildings. Rosum leverages the global broadcast TV infrastructure to provide accurate location information even in environments
where no satellite-based positioning signal can be received. Rosum TV-positioning enables a myriad of indoor applications
including people tracking, asset tracking, VoIP-911 caller location identification, and other location-based services. Mobile
TV will serve as a readymade platform for Rosum TV-positioning
Seamless
Outdoor/Indoor Navigation for Blind and Visually Impaired Individuals
Charles LaPierre, Senior Software Engineer, Benetech and Chief Technical Officer, Sendero Group
Coin-sized
Radios Which Enable Location-aware Networking Technology, Allowing Every Day Objects to Have Location Awareness
Vincent Coli, Vice President, Ather Wire & Location, Inc.
There are many commercial and military applications
that require knowledge of precise location. Applications vary widely, and include finding children, lost pets and luggage,
tracking search-and-rescue personnel or fire fighters, locating inventory in large warehouses or cargo containers, rescuing
military personnel in hostile territory, etc. We have developed integrated ultra-wideband transceivers, called Localizers,
for precise position location and low data rate communication.
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"Unfortunately, GPS fails because it does not work where people are: indoors and in cities. GPS is great,
but not for many applications that require higher accuracy, precision, coverage, and reliability. Conventional GPS receivers
do not work inside buildings due to the absence of line of sight to satellites, while cellular positioning methods generally
fail to provide a satisfactory degree of accuracy..." Read more.
"They [device manufacturers and operators] also say that 70% of location-based services are being initiated indoors
and yet this is precisely the environment where GPS fails to deliver an acceptable end-user performance."
Read more here.
"There
are about 200 million US wireless subscribers (Jupiter Research, 2005 projection); and, more than 30% of 911 calls in the
US originate from mobile phones--a number expected to soon outpace 911 wire-line calls, according to NENA. Further, 62% of
all calls in the US are made from cell phones (CTIA) and it’s obvious that most people spend most of their time indoors."
"FCC NRIC’s
recommendations includes the indoor versus outdoor location testing recommendation...all parties agree to 5% of test calls
must be conducted from indoor locations for compliance and maintenance testing..."
"Current GPS-based systems have significant limitations when it comes to continuously
monitoring offenders. The most obvious limitation is that these systems cannot track offenders when they move indoors, underground
or anywhere else the satellite system can’t ‘see’ them. By some estimates, offenders, like most people,
spend 85 to 90 percent of their time indoors, so there is a considerable gap here.” Joe Russo,
Program Manager – Corrections, National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center.
"Satellite
technology is not that effective in indoor places like a large mall, building or stadium, or outdoors in a canyonlike environment,
like Manhattan." Read more here.
Book: Local Positioning Systems
Read the Foreword
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