Artículo de revista
EDIPS: an Easy to Deploy Indoor Positioning System to support loosely coupled mobile work
Fecha
2011Registro en:
Pers Ubiquit Comput (2011) 15:365–376
DOI 10.1007/s00779-010-0357-x
Autor
Vera, Rodrigo
Ochoa Delorenzi, Sergio
Aldunate, Roberto
Institución
Resumen
Loosely coupled mobile work is characterized
by nomadic workers collaborating in sporadically and ondemand
ways. Supporting nomadic workers’ interactions
requires knowing the location of the potential collaborator;
therefore, indoor/outdoor positioning systems play a key
role. Locating persons in outdoor environments is well
addressed by Global Positioning Systems (GPS); however,
for the indoor scenario, the solution is not so clear.
Although several proposals for indoor positioning have
been reported in the literature, most of them demand
important setup efforts. This article presents the Easy to
Deploy Indoor Positioning System (EDIPS), a WiFi-based
system able to support the typical location requirements
involved in loosely coupled mobile work. EDIPS is aimed
for fast deployment and real-time operations rather than for
location accuracy. The system was preliminary evaluated
as a support for locating medical interns’ in a simulated
hospital. The results obtained indicate the solution is able
to locate nomadic workers in an indoor scenario, with
enough accuracy to support loosely coupled mobile work,
while requiring minimal setup effort.