Localization Algorithm Performance in Ultra Low Power Active RFID Based Patient Tracking

W. P. L. Cully; S. L. Cotton; W. G. Scanlon; J. B. McQuiston

doi:10.1109/PIMRC.2011.6139897

Localization Algorithm Performance in Ultra Low Power Active RFID Based Patient Tracking

W. P. L. Cully, S. L. Cotton, W. G. Scanlon, J. B. McQuiston

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Abstract

Indoor personnel localization research has generated a range of potential techniques and algorithms. However, these typically do not account for the influence of the user's body upon the radio channel. In this paper an active RFID based patient tracking system is demonstrated and three localization algorithms are used to estimate the location of a user within a modern office building. It is shown that disregarding body effects reduces the accuracy of the algorithms' location estimates and that body shadowing effects create a systematic position error that estimates the user's location as closer to the RFID reader that the active tag has line of sight to.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 IEEE 22nd International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC
Place of Publication	NEW YORK
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	2158-2162
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4577-1347-7
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4577-1346-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PIMRC.2011.6139897
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	22nd IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) - Toronto, Canada Duration: 11 Sept 2011 → 14 Sept 2011

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Conference	22nd IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC)
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Toronto
Period	11/09/2011 → 14/09/2011

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Cully, W. P. L., Cotton, S. L., Scanlon, W. G., & McQuiston, J. B. (2011). Localization Algorithm Performance in Ultra Low Power Active RFID Based Patient Tracking. In 2011 IEEE 22nd International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC (pp. 2158-2162). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PIMRC.2011.6139897

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Cully, WPL, Cotton, SL, Scanlon, WG & McQuiston, JB 2011, Localization Algorithm Performance in Ultra Low Power Active RFID Based Patient Tracking. in 2011 IEEE 22nd International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., NEW YORK, pp. 2158-2162, 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Toronto, Canada, 11/09/2011. https://doi.org/10.1109/PIMRC.2011.6139897

Localization Algorithm Performance in Ultra Low Power Active RFID Based Patient Tracking. / Cully, W. P. L.; Cotton, S. L.; Scanlon, W. G. et al.
2011 IEEE 22nd International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC. NEW YORK: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2011. p. 2158-2162.

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