2D tracking performance evaluation using the cricket location-support system

Author

Das, Saket ; Gleason, Charles ; Shen, Shuo ; Goddard, Steve ; Pérez, Lance C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Nebraska Univ., Lincoln, NE

fYear

2005

fDate

22-25 May 2005

Lastpage

6

Abstract

One of the most interesting applications of sensor networks is the localization and tracking of moving objects. The cricket location-support system (CLS), originally developed at MIT and now distributed by Crossbow Technologies, tracks a moving object using time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) between radio frequency (RF) and ultrasonic signals. In this work we evaluate the ability of CLS to track people with various levels of mobility within a 2-dimensional space. The results presented here are preliminary results in a larger effort to determine whether or not CLS can be used to track people in a smart assistive technology living space

Keywords

intelligent sensors; mobility management (mobile radio); radio tracking; time-of-arrival estimation; wireless sensor networks; 2D tracking performance evaluation; cricket location-support system; moving object localization; moving object tracking; radio frequency signal; sensor networks; smart assistive technology; time-difference-of-arrival; ultrasonic signal; Application software; Computer science; Hardware; Intelligent sensors; RF signals; Radio frequency; Sensor systems and applications; Space technology; Time difference of arrival; Wheelchairs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electro Information Technology, 2005 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lincoln, NE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9232-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EIT.2005.1627010

Filename

1627010