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This paper focuses on a resource (people or equipment) tracking approach involving radio localization and wireless communication for use in search and rescue scenarios. Two alternative communication options (ZigBee and GSM) are used to facilitate robust wireless data transfers between nodes through either an ad-hoc network or base station. The onboard sensors of the tracking device calculate the speed of the node’s movement as well as other environmental parameters such as temperature. The position of each node is regularly uploaded to a map on a server. XBee modules are used for local communication within a range of several hundred meters, while GSM is used for long range communication provided that the infrastructure is available. This paper discusses the hardware platform and network architecture of the developed hybrid communication system. Experiments involving device prototypes are performed to evaluate the feasibility and performance of the system. The results show that a hybrid communication system is extremely practical for search and rescue operations.
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Boor, M., Witkowski, U., Zandian, R. (2014). Hybrid Communication System for Long Range Resource Tracking in Search and Rescue Scenarios. In: Mistry, M., Leonardis, A., Witkowski, M., Melhuish, C. (eds) Advances in Autonomous Robotics Systems. TAROS 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8717. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10401-0_11
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