Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
NetBadge is an electronic location system that solves the resource location
problem. The
system consists of a set of roaming Badges that are continually detected
by Sensor
Stations, placed throughout the office space, using Infrared communications.
Each Sensor
Station periodically forwards Badge sightings to a Central Server,
which then publishes
Badge location information to the Internet. When one Badge is attached
to each resource
and many Sensor Stations are installed, the movements of employees
and objects around
the office space can be accurately monitored by the NetBadge system
without the need
for any user interaction.
The NetBadge system provides a low cost solution to the modern day location
problem
and proves that real time location of mobile resources is possible.
This thesis also
provides the groundwork for exploration into a myriad of office automation
and mobile
computing applications that are set to revolutionise the corporate
environment.