Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
$75,000.00
Designing a Heterogeneous Indoor Location Services Framework
FY 2019-20
Summary
The exponential increase in smartphone usage and mobile computing in the last decade has necessitated a basicrequirement for accurate and timely indoor location services to be investigated and standardized. Such servicesmight assist first responders in locating incapacitated people more quickly in large public spaces, enable moreeffective and targeted advertising, and even monitor and direct the elderly so that they may live longer in theirown homes.A number of current technologies are able to produce granular indoor location data, alone or in concert, whicha smartphone could use to reliably and efficiently determine its location in cases where satellite data isunavailable or unreliable (including, but not limited to, Wi-Fi, RFID, and Bluetooth).Sheridan College's School of Applied Computing and TELUS propose to collaborate to investigate variousmethods with a focus on developing a framework to create and improve the reliability and resolution ofheterogeneous micro-location services through proof-of-concept prototypes. Social and economic benefits areanticipated outcomes of this research by augmenting and enriching life experiences for modern smartphoneusers in public and private indoor spaces.
Program
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
513556-2017
Name nom
England, Andrea
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
22156
Institution établissement
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2019
Competition year année de concours
2017
Award amount
75000
Program id
CARD2
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 2
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
805
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Communications technologies (satellites, radar, etc.)
Area of application fr
Technologie des télécommunications (satellites, radar,etc.)
Research subject code
2720
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Computer systems software
Research subject fr
Logiciel de systèmes informatiques
Installment
inst:2 - 2
Partie
2
Nb partie
2
Application title
Designing a Heterogeneous Indoor Location Services Framework
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
The exponential increase in smartphone usage and mobile computing in the last decade has necessitated a basicrequirement for accurate and timely indoor location services to be investigated and standardized. Such servicesmight assist first responders in locating incapacitated people more quickly in large public spaces, enable moreeffective and targeted advertising, and even monitor and direct the elderly so that they may live longer in theirown homes.A number of current technologies are able to produce granular indoor location data, alone or in concert, whicha smartphone could use to reliably and efficiently determine its location in cases where satellite data isunavailable or unreliable (including, but not limited to, Wi-Fi, RFID, and Bluetooth).Sheridan College's School of Applied Computing and TELUS propose to collaborate to investigate variousmethods with a focus on developing a framework to create and improve the reliability and resolution ofheterogeneous micro-location services through proof-of-concept prototypes. Social and economic benefits areanticipated outcomes of this research by augmenting and enriching life experiences for modern smartphoneusers in public and private indoor spaces.
