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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/JKIICE.2009.13.3.580

Design and Implementation of Low-power RTLS Tag using Adaptive Blink  

Jung, Yeon-Su (부산대학교 컴퓨터공학과)
Kim, Sae-Na (삼성전자)
Baek, Yun-Ju (부산대학교 컴퓨터공학과)
Abstract
Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS) are used to track and identify the location of objects in real time using simple, inexpensive tags attached to or embedded in objects and readers that receive the wireless signals from these tags to determine their locations. A tag is powered an internal source such as a battery. The blink frequency of a tag affects the energy efficiency and the locating accuracy of RTLS. The mobility of a tag also affects the locating accuracy. In this paper, we introduce a RTLS tag design which improves the locating accuracy and the power efficiency. We propose an adaptive transmission-rate control algorithm using a motion sensor. By analyzing the signal pattern of the motion sensor, we can build a model to estimate the speed of the motion. Using this model, our algorithm can achieve better locating accuracy and lower power consumption than those of the conventional method. In our experiments, the number of transmission reduced as 40%, keeping similar locating accuracy.
Keywords
저전력 RTLS 태그;에너지 효율;블링크 주기;태그 이동성;
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