Mobile Positioning System Based on the Wireless Sensor Network in Buildings

Xiujun LI, Gang SUN, Xu WANG

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DOI: 10.4236/cn.2009.12015                

Abstract

Established on the Intel Multi-Core Embedded platform, using 802.11 Wireless Network protocols as the communication medium, combining with Radio Frequency-Communication and Ultrasonic Ranging, imple-ment a mobile terminal system in an intellectualized building. It can provide its holder such functions: 1) Accurate Positioning 2) Intelligent Navigation 3) Video Monitoring 4) Wireless Communication. The inno-vative point for this paper is to apply the multi-core computing on the embedded system to promote its com-puting speed and give a real-time performance and apply this system into the indoor environment for the purpose of emergent event or rescuing.

Keywords

Positioning, Intelligent Navigation, Video Transmission, Wireless Communication, Sensor Networks, Multi-Core Computing

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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