Location Sensing (Inference)

CS492B proposal 2005.11.3 ,

Contents

Definition of location sensing Motivation

Ubiquitous computing Location-based computing

Requirements Possible technologies Technology examples

Location sensing system

Expected results and plans

Locating the exact position of moving objects (end users, mobile devices)

Motivation (Ubiquitous Computing)

Ubiquitous applications

Collect context or environmental information Process the collected information Deliver useful services

First step of most ubiquitous applications is collecting context information Location will be significant information for future ubiquitous services

Motivation (Location-aware Computing)

Indoor
802.11 WiFi

Moving Objects

Location Data
Outdoor

CDMA

Location data filters

GPS. RFIDs, beacons

Location-based services

The location is an important context that changes whenever the object moves Location-aware services allow to offer value-added service to the user, depending on their current geographic position and will be a key feature of many future mobile applications

Requirements of Location System

Affordability

Client cost + infrastructure cost Limited memory, computational capabilities, and power Hide users location Fast evolution of mobile devices Granularity that a system is capable of measuring Percentage of the time a known level of precision is reached

Resource requirements

Privacy

Portability

Precision

Accuracy

Technologies

Outdoor

GPS, triangulation in cellular network RFIDs Ultra-wideband 802.11 timing 802.11 signal strength Many low-power 802.11 access points Many low-power Bluetooth sensors

Indoor

Technologies: Wireless LAN

Timing and signal strength

Technologies: Ultrasonic pulses and radio signals

Active Bat

Cricket

ultrasound time-of-flight measurement can locate Bats to within 9cm of their true position for 95 percent of the measurements

Ultrasonic time-of-flight and a radio frequency control signal Lateration and proximity techniques Decentralized scalability

Technologies: RFIDs

LANDMARK and SpotOn

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RF Reader1

e Four Nearest

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tracking tag

RF Reader2

Expected Results

What to do

Extensive survey A Seminar and a survey paper

Additional Work

Implement one of the location inference system and demonstrate New location sensing system design

Plans
11.4~11.10 11.11~11.16 11.17~11.23 11.24~11.30 Outdoor sensing Indoor sensing Indoor sensing Indoor sensing GPS, cellular network (e.g. E911/E112, Place Lab) active badge(AT&T), active bat cricket(MIT) wireless LAN based technologies RF-based systems(RADAR, Pinpoint, SpotOn, LANDMARK)

11.30~12.6
12.7~

Commercial systems

commercial systems, other stateof-the art technologies

seminar, survey paper