Abstract:
Due to the huge size of buildings and floor numbers nowadays, the problem of
locating a person inside a building has increased drastically. Parents often lose their
children within a large mall and have hard time trying to find them. Business owners
cannot monitor their employees anymore. The solution of real-time indoor positioning
system needs to be delivered to solve these problems.
With the cooperation of Systel Telecommunication (Motorola Egypt) an
accurate, fast and cheap solution that is the first of its kind in Egypt will be created
using Bluetooth beacons to track the indoor Bluetooth devices. Just by using the MAC
address of the Bluetooth module that is in any Bluetooth enabled device, the system
will be able to locate the device in real time on an interactive map that is easy to use
and easy to operate by any user. The system is accurate as it uses Bluetooth and RSSI
values to locate the devices. The solution has been developed by three teams, team A,
B and C.
Team A (hardware): responsible for building Bluetooth beacon that will
interface between the Bluetooth devices and the desktop application.
Team B (software): responsible for building a full desktop application that will
interface between the Bluetooth beacons and the Bluetooth devices. The application
includes an interactive map for the user that shows the position of the devices in real
time in addition to new features such as: geo-fencing, movement history and
notification system.
Team C (software): responsible for building a tool that generates the coverage
area in the building layout with the minimum number of Bluetooth beacons and
maximum coverage to reduce the cost and the time of deployment.
