Location aware device discovery for physically constrained environments

Continuous advancement in pervasive computing environment and proliferation of modern pervasive devices has increased interest in location aware applications, whereas determining location pose some special challenges. For example, pervasive computing applications require a well-defined representation of location knowledge to support location aware services. We advocate that efficient location models and architectures for determining the location of devices enhance the efficiency of location-based pervasive computing applications in terms of customization, adaptation and inference. In this paper, we are presenting location aware device discovery architecture for physically constrained (i.e. indoor) pervasive computing environments. The proposed architecture is an integration of the discovery mechanism with positioning system. Further, in this piece of work, we show how to bridge the differences between various positioning systems existing in the same physical proximity.