An indoor localization mechanism using active RFID tag

Author

Jin, Guang-yao ; Lu, Xiao-Yi ; Park, Myong-Soon

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Korea Univ., Seoul

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

5-7 June 2006

Abstract

The location-aware technology and its application are prerequisite to realize the ubiquitous computing. However, another special system for indoor localization is needed in the complicated indoor environment, where the Global Positioning System (GPS) is not available. RFID technology makes the building up of indoor localization system with low cost possible. LANDMARC is an indoor localization system using RFID technology, which introduces the concept of reference tag to reduce the number of deployed RFID readers and provides high possibility to be used in reality, and we can guarantee the accuracy of localization and thus lower the cost of importing system with it. In this paper, we analyze the existing LANDMARC system, solve the potential problems within it and propose a more efficient mechanism to enhance the accuracy of indoor localization

Keywords

indoor radio; mobile computing; radiofrequency identification; LANDMARC system; RFID technology; indoor localization mechanism; location-aware technology; radiofrequency identification; ubiquitous computing; Active RFID tags; Computer networks; Costs; Global Positioning System; Indoor environments; Pervasive computing; Radiofrequency identification; Sensor systems; Technical Activities Guide -TAG; Ubiquitous computing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensor Networks, Ubiquitous, and Trustworthy Computing, 2006. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Taichung

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2553-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SUTC.2006.1636157

Filename

1636157