DOLPHIN: An autonomous indoor positioning system in ubiquitous computing environment

Y. Fukuju, M. Minami, H. Morikawa, T. Aoyama

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Abstract

Determining physical location of indoor objects is one of the key issues in development of context-aware applications in ubiquitous computing environments. This is mainly because context information obtained from sensor networks is meaningful only when the physical location of the context information source is determined. Recently, several indoor location information systems, such as Active Bat and Cricket, have been developed for precise indoor object localization. However, to provide accurate physical location tracking in large-scale space, those systems requires a lot of manual configuration for all the ultrasonic sensor nodes. To reduce configuration costs, we developed a new indoor positioning system called DOLPHIN. The DOLPHIN system consists of distributed wireless sensor nodes which are capable of sending and receiving RF and ultrasonic signals. These nodes are attached to various indoor objects. And using a novel distributed positioning algorithm in the nodes, DOLPHIN enables autonomous positioning of the objects with minimal manual configuration. This paper describes the design and implementation of the DOLPHIN system, and evaluates basic performance through several experiments in an indoor environment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - IEEE Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Embedded Systems, WSTFES 2003
EditorsTatsuo Nakajima, Moon Hae Kim
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages53-56
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)0769519377, 9780769519371
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003 Jan 1
EventIEEE Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Embedded Systems, WSTFES 2003 - Hakodate, Japan
Duration: 2003 May 152003 May 16

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Embedded Systems, WSTFES 2003

Other

OtherIEEE Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Embedded Systems, WSTFES 2003
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityHakodate
Period03/5/1503/5/16

Keywords

  • Costs
  • Dolphins
  • Indoor environments
  • Information systems
  • Large-scale systems
  • RF signals
  • Radio frequency
  • Sensor systems
  • Ubiquitous computing
  • Wireless sensor networks

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Software

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