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ICOST 2009: Ambient Assistive Health and Wellness Management in the Heart of the City pp 82–89Cite as

Global System for Localization and Guidance of Dependant People: Indoor and Outdoor Technologies Integration

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This paper deals with the problem of personal localization and guidance in indoor environments. The authors analyze different technologies which can be applied to this task. The goal is to provide users with the most accurate and reliable technology depending on users’ profile. Indoor location technologies are analyzed and compared from different point of views. Relevant parameters which drive the overall system performance are highlighted. In particular, the indoor technologies studied are Bluetooth, WiFi, RFID, UWB and ultrasounds. With the aim to cover outdoor environments authors analyze technologies such as WiMAX and GPS. Finally, the indoor location system will be integrated with a GPS based outdoor localization system to provide global coverage. Based on this goal, integration issues are described and analyzed. All these investigations are within the framework of the project ELISA- Intelligent Location Environment for Assisted Services- www.elisapse.es.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Circuits and Systems Engineering Department, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

    César Benavente-Peces

  2. Research, Development and Innovation Department, APIF Moviquity S.A., Spain

    María Puente

  3. Grupo ABLE. Robotiker-Tecnalia, Spain

    Alfonso Domínguez-García

  4. Research and Development Department. Quobis Networks, Spain

    Manuel Lugilde-Rodríguez

  5. Reserach and Development Department Microgénesis S.A., Spain

    Enrique de la Serna & David Miguel

  6. Research and Development Department. Asociación Centro de Tecnologías de, Interacción Visual y Comunicaciones - VICOMtech, Spain

    Ander García

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Institut TELECOM/TELECOM SudParis, Handicom Lab., 9, rue Charles Fourier, 91011, Evry Cedex, France

    Mounir Mokhtari  & Jérémy Bauchet  & 

  2. Institute of Telecooperation, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenberger Strasse 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Ismail Khalil

  3. Telecommunication Network and Services Department, HANDICOM Lab., Institut TELECOM & Management SudParis, 9, rue Charles Fourier, 91011, Evry Cedex, France

    Daqing Zhang

  4. School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Shore Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 0QB, Co. Antrim, UK

    Chris Nugent

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Benavente-Peces, C. et al. (2009). Global System for Localization and Guidance of Dependant People: Indoor and Outdoor Technologies Integration. In: Mokhtari, M., Khalil, I., Bauchet, J., Zhang, D., Nugent, C. (eds) Ambient Assistive Health and Wellness Management in the Heart of the City. ICOST 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5597. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02868-7_11

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