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Low Cost Intelligent Pervasive Location Tracking (iPLOT) in All Environments for the Management of Crime

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2006

Rainer Mautz
Affiliation:
Imperial College London. Email: [email protected]
Washington Ochieng
Affiliation:
Imperial College London. Email: [email protected]
David Walsh
Affiliation:
The University of Leeds. Email: [email protected]
Gary Brodin
Affiliation:
The University of Leeds. Email: [email protected]
Andy Kemp
Affiliation:
The University of Leeds. Email: [email protected]
John Cooper
Affiliation:
The University of Leeds. Email: [email protected]
Thanh Son Le
Affiliation:
The University of Leeds. Email: [email protected]

Abstract

This paper details the current status of the development of an ‘automatic’ low-cost system based on wireless communications technology to provide continuous tracking of the location of devices in all environments. This task requires a multi-disciplinary approach combining communications systems design, digital signal processing to extract ranges and, importantly, approaches from the field of geodesy to develop novel network positioning techniques for ad-hoc networks. Such a network will support a number of services relevant to crime management where seamless tracking is required. The paper discusses the process for developing the system, christened intelligent pervasive location tracking (iPLOT), with a particular reference to user and system requirements, and how these have been used to explore a network positioning strategy.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2006 The Royal Institute of Navigation

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