Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Langara College
$25,000.00
Locating a wearable device in an industrial WiFi network
EF 2016-17
Résumé
In a safety critical situation having as much information as possible allows better management of a hazardousworkplace or emergency situation. Knowing the location of personnel at all times is a key part in riskmanagement. To this end our project aims to take WiFi positioning technology to the application of employeetracking system.We are taking existing algorithms and adapting them for personnel safety. Modern router systems adapt theirpower output to improve the wireless performance experienced by the user, this however frustrates positioningalgorithms as they use the power level to help determine location. Our work will address this issue byincorporating the knowledge of the adaptive behavior of these routers into the positioning algorithm. Thisproject, will integrate with a larger personnel management system by Vandrico. It will be part of acomprehensive and redundant system for worker safety.
Programme
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
British Columbia, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
499119-2016
Name nom
Sveinson, Kelly
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
16495
Institution établissement
Langara College
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2016
Competition year année de concours
2016
Award amount
25000
Program id
CARD1
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 1
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
803
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Computer communications
Area of application fr
Téléinformatique
Research subject code
2713
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Algorithms
Research subject fr
Algorithmes
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Locating a wearable device in an industrial WiFi network
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
In a safety critical situation having as much information as possible allows better management of a hazardousworkplace or emergency situation. Knowing the location of personnel at all times is a key part in riskmanagement. To this end our project aims to take WiFi positioning technology to the application of employeetracking system.We are taking existing algorithms and adapting them for personnel safety. Modern router systems adapt theirpower output to improve the wireless performance experienced by the user, this however frustrates positioningalgorithms as they use the power level to help determine location. Our work will address this issue byincorporating the knowledge of the adaptive behavior of these routers into the positioning algorithm. Thisproject, will integrate with a larger personnel management system by Vandrico. It will be part of acomprehensive and redundant system for worker safety.
