Location Aware Computing

Department

Teleinformatics

Laboratory/Division

CCSlab

• Research leader: prof. G. Q. Maguire Jr.,KTH/IT
  • Phone: +46-8-752 1438
  • Fax: +46-8-751 1793
  • Email: maguire@it.kth.se
  • URL: http://www.it.kth.se/~maguire
• Research Staff
  • Faculty advisors: none
  • Graduate students: none
  • Others: Dr. Mark T. Smith and Dr. H. W. Peter Beadle
• Project period (199701-????) it has no specific funding and no specific ending date
• Keywords: location aware, context aware, mobile computing
• Nyckelord:
• Project description:

  The aim of this research effort is to create scaleable, location aware computing environment (devices and a space for them to operate in) and then experiment with the uses of location awarness.

  The project is being performed by The Institute for Telecommunications Research at Wollongong University, Australia; the Computer Communication Systems Lab at KTH in Sweden; and the HP Palo Alto Research Lab. The project is in cooperation with the Interactive Multimedia Learning Laboratory at Wollongong University, Australia.

• External contacts:
  • Industrial: Hewlett-Packard, Ellemtel Utvecking AB, Ericsson Radio AB, Ericsson Eurolab Deutschland GmbH, and Ericsson Medialab
  • International: Dr. H. W. Peter Beadle, The Institute for Telecommunications Research, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wollongong
• Project URL: http://www.it.kth.se/~maguire/LocationAware/location_aware.html
, formerly: http://www.elec.uow.edu.au/people/staff/beadle/badge/location_aware.html
• Source of funding: KTH FOFU, local funding at University of Wollongong and HP Laboratories, Apple University Development Fund grant (to University of Wollongong

Previous student reports

• A New Badge Server for the Smart Badge by Fernando Cubles Marquez of Escola Politecnica Vilanova i la Geltru, EUPVG
• Infrared communication to/from a SmartBadge by Ramon Bayan Costas of Escola Politecnica Vilanova i la Geltru, EUPVG

G. Q. Maguire Jr. particpated in U.S. National Science Foundation workshop which examined the effect of architecture, building operations, and communications. This work has already effected this Location Aware Computing project.