WLAN-based real-time asset tracking system in healthcare environments

3rd IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 71-

  Youn, Jong Hoon ^a   Ali, Hesham ^a   Sharif, Hamid ^b   Deogun, Jitender ^c   Uher, Jason ^b   Hinrichs, Steven H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset tracking; Wi Fi positioning; Wireless local area networks

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MOBILE COMPUTING; TRACKING (POSITION); WI-FI; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

ASSET TRACKING; ASSET TRACKING SYSTEMS; DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; GRAPHICAL INTERFACE; HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS; MOBILE MEDICAL DEVICES; WI-FI POSITIONING; WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 47049124532     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WIMOB.2007.4390865     Document Type: Conference Paper

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