RSSI-based device free localization for elderly care application

Shaufikah Shukri, Latifah Munirah Kamarudin, David Lorater Ndzi, Ammar Zakaria, Saidatul Norlyna Azemi, Kamarulzaman Kamarudin, Syed Muhammad Mamduh Syed Zakaria

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Abstract

Device-Free Localization (DFL) is an effective human localizing system that exploits changes in radio signals strength of radio network. DFL is playing a critical role in many applications such as elderly care, intrusion detection, smart home, etc. DFL is ideal for monitoring the elderly activities without causing any physical discomfort with the wearable devices. It is challenging for elderly to remember each day to wear or to activate those devices. The purpose of this study is to select the best DFL methods in term of detection and tracking accuracy, which is suitable for human monitoring application especially for elderly and disable people. This paper proposes an RSSI-based DFL system that can be used to detect and locate elderly people in an area of interest (AoI) using changes in signal strength measurements. An attenuation-based and variance based methods have been introduced in the proposed DFL system. In stationary people scenario, attenuation-based method managed to accurately detect the presence of human, which is very suitable for elderly care application compared to variance-based DFL. The result shows that attenuation-based method managed to detect all trajectories of moving people with 100% detection accuracy while variance-based method only give 71.74% accuracy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIoTBDS 2017 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security
EditorsMuthu Ramachandran, Victor Mendez Munoz, Verena Kantere, Gary Wills, Robert Walters, Victor Chang
PublisherSciTePress
Pages125-135
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)9789897582455
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Apr 2017
Event2nd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security, IoTBDS 2017 - Porto, Portugal
Duration: 24 Apr 201726 Apr 2017

Publication series

NameIoTBDS 2017 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security
PublisherSciTePress
ISSN (Print)2184-4976

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security, IoTBDS 2017
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityPorto
Period24/04/1726/04/17

Keywords

  • Device-free localization
  • Elderly care application
  • Indoor detection
  • IoT
  • RSSI
  • WSN

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