WINGIP (Wireless Indoor Geolocation and IPv6 Traffic Analysis) project studies new network oriented applications in two major areas. WINGIP task 1 concentrates on determining the issues related to indoor geolocation systems, ranging from system architecture to MAC layer and physical layer. We intends to develop a network infrastructure to provide geolocation services in the smart buildings of the future and in particular analyze indoor radio propagation characteristics for deployment of such networks. The DSSS and OFDM transmission technologies are of special interest. In Task 1, we also evaluate WLAN standards (e.g., IEEE 802.11 and HIPERLAN/2) as well as other emerging short-range radio systems (e.g., Bluetooth, Home-RF and etc.) for indoor geolocation purposes.  On the other hand, we try to determine the system architecture for wireless indoor geolocation and addresses inter-technology aspects for integrating local and global positioning systems.

The work is done in close co-operation with Professor Latva-aho Matti (matti.latva-aho@ee.oulu.fi), Director of Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, Finland