Cooperative Positioning with MagicMap

Author

Brüning, Stefan ; Zapotoczky, Johannes ; Ibach, Peter ; Stantchev, Vladimir

Author_Institution

Humboldt Univ. Berlin, Berlin

fYear

2007

fDate

22-22 March 2007

Firstpage

17

Lastpage

22

Abstract

We present MagicMap, a cooperative, hybrid positioning system developed at the Humboldt-University in Berlin. While most other positioning systems are limited to specific scenarios and technologies our system provides means to incorporate any available wireless networking technology. Currently, MagicMap supports WLAN, RFID, and ZigBee as wireless technologies for positioning and Linux, Windows, and Windows CE as platforms. Position calculation and exchange is based on a cooperative approach allowing an open internet community to share the required data.

Keywords

indoor radio; radiofrequency identification; wireless LAN; Berlin; Humboldt-University; Linux; MagicMap; RFID; WLAN; Windows CE; ZigBee; cooperative positioning; wireless networking technology; Global Positioning System; Internet; Laboratories; Linux; Mobile handsets; Navigation; Radiofrequency identification; Wireless LAN; Wireless sensor networks; ZigBee; cooperative; hybrid; indoor; positioning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Positioning, Navigation and Communication, 2007. WPNC '07. 4th Workshop on

Conference_Location

Hannover

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0871-7

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0871-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WPNC.2007.353606

Filename

4167812