What is it about?
This paper explores how an existing Wi-Fi network can be used to locate moving patients in an indoor environment. This work is significant as this was one of the first papers to develop a working free indoor tracking system without the need for any additional infrastructure. The results were very accurate and meant that if a patient got lost of fell they could be quickly located in a hospital or care home.
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Why is it important?
This work is significant as this was one of the first papers to develop a working free indoor tracking system without the need for any additional infrastructure. The results were very accurate and meant that if a patient got lost of fell they could be quickly located in a hospital or care home.
Perspectives
This work had the vision of saving lives. If an elderly person falls in a care home or if a patient in hospital has an episode, being left undiscovered means there is a less favourable outcome with every passing minute.
Dr Philip A Catherwood
University of Ulster
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This page is a summary of: Cost-effective RSSI Wi-Fi positioning solution for ambulatory patient monitoring devices, November 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE),
DOI: 10.1109/lapc.2010.5666912.
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