Hybrid RFID System-based Pedestrian Localization: A Case Study

Wang H, Bauer G, Kirsch F, Vossiek M (2013)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2013

Edited Volumes: 2013 10th Workshop on Positioning, Navigation and Communication, WPNC 2013 - Proceedings

Conference Proceedings Title: 10th Workshop on Positioning, Navigation and Communication 2013 (WPNC 2013)

Event location: Dresden, Germany DE

DOI: 10.1109/WPNC.2013.6533296

Abstract

Localization systems using RFID - especially passive RFID - are coming increasingly under the spotlight. Passive RFID has a relatively small sensing range compared to other radio-frequency-based localization techniques. Therefore in practice the deployed tags may not cover the whole scene of interest. Additionally, in the area of pedestrian localization, the unpredictable movement of pedestrians makes a complete RFID tag coverage extremely difficult. This paper introduces a hybrid RFID localization system used for indoor pedestrians to overcome the coverage shortfall associated with passive RFID tags. Two extra sources are used to assist the RFID system: local INS sensors and ZigBee nodes. A particle filter serves as a fusion framework. A test scenario was built with 220 RFID tags and 8 ZigBee nodes deployed in a museum. Different algorithms were evaluated in this deployment. The results show that the hybrid approach produces robust localization even with a low number of tags. © 2013 IEEE.

Authors with CRIS profile

Haowei Wang Lehrstuhl für Hochfrequenztechnik Fabian Kirsch Lehrstuhl für Hochfrequenztechnik Martin Vossiek Lehrstuhl für Hochfrequenztechnik

Involved external institutions

Technische Universität Clausthal / Clausthal University of Technology DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Wang, H., Bauer, G., Kirsch, F., & Vossiek, M. (2013). Hybrid RFID System-based Pedestrian Localization: A Case Study. In 10th Workshop on Positioning, Navigation and Communication 2013 (WPNC 2013). Dresden, Germany, DE.

MLA:

Wang, Haowei, et al. "Hybrid RFID System-based Pedestrian Localization: A Case Study." Proceedings of the 2013 10th Workshop on Positioning, Navigation and Communication, WPNC 2013, Dresden, Germany 2013.

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