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ScaleLoc: A Scalable Real-Time Locating System for Moving Targets

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Convergence and Hybrid Information Technology (ICHIT 2011)

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In this paper an inexpensive, low-power and scalable location system for mobile objects under indoor environments, ScaleLoc, is proposed and its performance is evaluated by simulation. IEEE 802.15.4a (Chirp spread spectrum) protocol is adopted and the location of a target is determined with trilateration. As the number of mobile objects increases, the performance may deteriorate due to communication collisions. For graceful degradation and system scalability, an arbitration scheme is adopted. Sufficient information for localization such as the node-ids and locations of reference nodes is supplied by arbitration nodes.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Kookmin University, 861-1 Jeongneung-Dong Seongkbuk-Gu, Seoul, Korea

    Si-Young Ahn, Jun-Seok Park, Ha-Ryoung Oh & Yeong Rak Seong

  2. The graduate school of education, Kyunghee University, 1 Hweki-Dong Dongdaemun, Seoul, Korea

    Jun-Hyung Kim

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  2. QinetiQ Company Fellow, Howard Science Limited, 24 Sunrise, WR14 2NJ, Malvern, United Kingdom

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Ahn, SY., Kim, JH., Park, JS., Oh, HR., Seong, Y.R. (2011). ScaleLoc: A Scalable Real-Time Locating System for Moving Targets. In: Lee, G., Howard, D., Ślęzak, D. (eds) Convergence and Hybrid Information Technology. ICHIT 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 206. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24106-2_13

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