710008ACT Wireless - Ultra Low Cost People Tracking Using Secure Active RFIDClosedGRD Proof of ConceptInnovate UKACT Wireless has been trialling ActivCampus - an active-RFID based “per-room” (low resolution) personnel localisation system with customers in both the UK and The Netherlands. This interaction with the market, including extensive discussions with potential customers, has generated numerous enquiries about developing the ActivCampus solution by adding the ability to provide accurate (sub-metre) real-time positioning information within the existing secure, low cost, multi-year lifetime ActivCampus technology framework. Essentially our business has reached a critical point where the positional accuracy of our current ActivCampus product (within the coverage range of a wireless reader, a resolution of 5-15 m) is limiting the range of end-user applications that we can address. Therefore, to give us the maximum opportunity of market penetration and system uptake, we need a technology which can provide much higher resolution at a reasonable cost to the customer without losing the unique security and ease of deployment USPs offered by ActivCampus. We believe that the further development of our existing active RFID platform will provide highly accurate monitoring of movement of people within buildings while balancing the cost to the end user. By unobtrusive we mean that the operation of the system is virtually invisible to the end user and thus will have no impact on their day-to-day life. This will be achieved using ultra-miniature, low form factor active RFID tags so that the user is not conscious of wearing or carrying the device. While our active RFID technology can offer the longevity required in these applications as demonstrated by our current system, its utility in high resolution position prediction has yet to be proven. Therefore we propose to fully investigate and research new algorithms and techniques for highly accurate indoor movement tracking using active RFID. The £52k 12-month project will require the employment of a suitably experienced wireless systems engineer who will conduct the research, performing comprehensive experiments in typical customer premises and developing the necessary proprietary software algorithms and optimisation to perform high-resolution tracking and to explicitly quantify the resolution achievable. Our concept is that this innovation will be realised as an optional software module available for licensing as part of the ActivCampus system. This would require only minimal changes to the deployed hardware of the existing system and furthermore would only be possible due to its unique communications and systems architecture. Addition of this high-resolution functionality will directly improve our competitiveness, market penetration and subsequent growth.