caa a22 4500 44582199X CHVBK 20180317145247.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00779-010-0357-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00779-010-0357-x EDIPS: an Easy to Deploy Indoor Positioning System to support loosely coupled mobile work [Elektronische Daten] [Rodrigo Vera, Sergio Ochoa, Roberto Aldunate] Loosely coupled mobile work is characterized by nomadic workers collaborating in sporadically and on-demand ways. Supporting nomadic workers' interactions requires knowing the location of the potential collaborator; therefore, indoor/outdoor positioning systems play a key role. Locating persons in outdoor environments is well addressed by Global Positioning Systems (GPS); however, for the indoor scenario, the solution is not so clear. Although several proposals for indoor positioning have been reported in the literature, most of them demand important setup efforts. This article presents the Easy to Deploy Indoor Positioning System (EDIPS), a WiFi-based system able to support the typical location requirements involved in loosely coupled mobile work. EDIPS is aimed for fast deployment and real-time operations rather than for location accuracy. The system was preliminary evaluated as a support for locating medical interns' in a simulated hospital. The results obtained indicate the solution is able to locate nomadic workers in an indoor scenario, with enough accuracy to support loosely coupled mobile work, while requiring minimal setup effort. Springer-Verlag London Limited, 2011 Indoor positioning system nationallicence User location estimation nationallicence Loosely coupled mobile work nationallicence Nomadic users nationallicence Vera Rodrigo Department of Computer Science, Universidad de Chile, Av. Blanco Encalada 2120, 3er Piso, Santiago, Chile aut Ochoa Sergio Department of Computer Science, Universidad de Chile, Av. Blanco Encalada 2120, 3er Piso, Santiago, Chile aut Aldunate Roberto Applied Research Associates, Inc., Champaign, IL, USA aut Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Springer-Verlag 15/4(2011-04-01), 365-376 1617-4909 15:4<365 2011 15 779 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-010-0357-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-010-0357-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vera Rodrigo Department of Computer Science, Universidad de Chile, Av. Blanco Encalada 2120, 3er Piso, Santiago, Chile aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ochoa Sergio Department of Computer Science, Universidad de Chile, Av. Blanco Encalada 2120, 3er Piso, Santiago, Chile aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aldunate Roberto Applied Research Associates, Inc., Champaign, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Springer-Verlag 15/4(2011-04-01), 365-376 1617-4909 15:4<365 2011 15 779 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer