Devise and evaluate a Bluetooth based tracking based system for
measuring the length of the queue in the Canteen.
7.5/15ECTS project; workload: 20% theoretical/80% practical.
Discover and describe whether it is possible to estimate queue waiting times using mobile device tracking techniques.
Devise and evaluate a Bluetooth based tracking based system for
measuring the length of the queue in the Canteen.
A tracking system is a system that is able in
real time to track the geographical location (e.g., x-y coordinate,
room, or zone) of mobile units.
The Blip System, based on the Bluetooth radio technology, is able to
track how mobile units (e.g., phones) move between various zones,
cf. ITUitter.
A Blip zone is the area in which a mobile unit will be detected by a
Blip node in this zone. The size of a Blip zone is determined by
the signal strength with which the Blip nodes detect the mobile
units, and can be changed by adjusting it using a system
administration tool.
At the ITU, blip nodes have been placed at the Canteen entrance, at
the cash register, and in the eating hall.
The research question of this project is to determine whether this
is sufficient to give an estimate of the queue waiting time, and how
precise this estimate can be.
The project should result in the design, construction and evaluation of a queue estimation engine and a simple web based application displaying the current estimation values.
