The International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) was launched as a co-operative network of 10 leading, international research-intensive universities who share similar visions for higher education, in particular the education of future leaders.
BLE Based Indoor Localization
Location sensing is a key enabling technology for Ubicomp to support contextual interaction. However, the laboratories where calibrated testing of location technologies is done are very different to the domestic situations where ‘context’ is a problematic social construct. This project measurements of Bluetooth beacons, informed by laboratory studies, but done in diverse domestic settings. The design of these surveys has been motivated by the natural environment implied in the Bluetooth beacon standards - relating the technical environment of the beacon to the function of spaces within the home. This research method can be considered as a situated, ‘ethnographic’ technical response to the study of physical infrastructure that arises through social processes. The results offer insights for the future design of ‘seamful’ approaches to indoor location sensing, and to the ways that context might be constructed and interpreted in a seamful manner.
Team
Funding
IARU
ANU
The Australian National University (ANU) is a national research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia.
SNSF
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is a science research support organisation mandated by the Swiss Federal Government.
Outcomes
Journal
Charith Perera, Saeed Aghaee, Ramsey Faragher, Robert Harle, and Alan Blackwell, Contextual Location in the Home using Bluetooth Beacons, IEEE Systems, Volume 13, Issue 3, 2019, 2720-2723.
