Fully distributed monitoring architecture supporting multiple trackees and trackers in indoor mobile asset management application

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 5702-5724

  Jeong, Seol Young ^a   Jo, Hyeong Gon ^a   Kang, Soon Ju ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Indoor mobile asset management; Multiple target tracking; Real time location service; Self organizing overlay network

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; ASSET MANAGEMENT; EQUIPMENT TESTING; HOSPITALS; OVERLAY NETWORKS; SCALABILITY; TARGET TRACKING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

CENTRALIZED ARCHITECTURE; DISTRIBUTED MONITORING; DISTRIBUTED PLATFORMS; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS; MULTIPLE-TARGET TRACKING; NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE; REAL-TIME LOCATION;

LOCATION BASED SERVICES;

EID: 84897423143     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140305702     Document Type: Article

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