Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2

The exponential increase in smartphone usage and mobile computing in the last decade has necessitated a basic*requirement for accurate and timely indoor location services to be investigated and standardized. Such services*might assist first responders in locating incapacitated people more quickly in large public spaces, enable more*effective and targeted advertising, and even monitor and direct the elderly so that they may live longer in their*own homes.*A number of current technologies are able to produce granular indoor location data, alone or in concert, which*a smartphone could use to reliably and efficiently determine its location in cases where satellite data is*unavailable 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 various*methods with a focus on developing a framework to create and improve the reliability and resolution of*heterogeneous micro-location services through proof-of-concept prototypes. Social and economic benefits are*anticipated outcomes of this research by augmenting and enriching life experiences for modern smartphone*users in public and private indoor spaces.