ZigBee-based Sensor Network for Indoor Location and Tracking Applications

Practical asset and people tracking in indoor scenarios using Received Signal Strength (RSS) ZigBee-based sensor network is presented. The Indoor Location System (ILS) is based on a novel algorithm that uses relative field levels gathered by a set of transmitter nodes. These levels are introduced in...

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Autores: Álvarez López, Yuri|||0000-0003-3625-4515, Las Heras Andrés, Fernando Luis|||0000-0001-7959-2114
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Oviedo (UNIOVI)
Repositorio:RUO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Oviedo
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:digibuo.uniovi.es:10651/45595
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10651/45595
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TLA.2016.7587622
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Internet of Things
ZigBee
Redes de sensores
Localización
Radiodeterminación
Tracking
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Sumario:Practical asset and people tracking in indoor scenarios using Received Signal Strength (RSS) ZigBee-based sensor network is presented. The Indoor Location System (ILS) is based on a novel algorithm that uses relative field levels gathered by a set of transmitter nodes. These levels are introduced into a cost function which minimum gives the asset location estimation. The use of relative field levels-based algorithm avoids the need of system calibration due to signal strength fluctuation. The method is tested in two real indoor scenarios: the first example is devoted to evaluate the influence of the number of transmitting nodes on the position estimation accuracy as well as the number of samples to be averaged aiming to reduce uncertainty. The second example shows a realistic case of asset tracking, also studying the influence of sample averaging and number of transmitting nodes