I NDOOR L OCALIZTION AND T RACKING Abdul Haseeb Jehangir, Jules Fakhoury, Robert Morawski and Tho Le-Ngoc McGill University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Broadband Communications Research Lab Introduction There has been a growing interest in real-time tracking sys- tems in clinical applications recently. Such systems have been used previously to track specialized medical equipment which reduces time for clinicians to look for equipment as well as better manage the use of equipment. In this research, we extend the use of tracking systems on medical personnel and patients. We aim to develop, design and deploy a real-time tracking, monitoring, alerting and control system in Geriatrics Department of Royal Victoria Hospital. Localization Techniques Ultra Wide Band (UWB) technology: Measurement of both time difference of arrival and angle of arrival. More measurements per sensor make the system more robust and location can be determined using fewer sensors. Accuracy up to 15 cm. Expensive Implementation. Wi-Fi fingerprinting-based Techniques: RSS measurements collected at known positions, referred as fingerprints. Fingerprints compared to online measurements using pattern matching. Cheaper solution but comes with the cost of lower accuracy. Implementation Conclusion Extending this technology on personnel can help the companies and/or organiza- tions reach a better level of productivity. The system with appropriate software provides better security and organization of resources. Given the circumstances, its may not be practically feasible to deploy a highly accurate UWB system. Use of both Wi-Fi and UWB technologies may give a better price-performance ratio. System Overview UWB Sensors Tags WiFi Sensors Software Suite USB switch Transmitter Magnetic Lock Keypad and Receiver Legend: Displays the color infor- mation of each tag monitored by the software. Tag Position: The Name, ID and x -y coordinates are displayed for the tag selected on the legend. The tag (red in this case) is also highlighted on the map. Map: Shows the position of all tags. Trails of tags are shown to display the path followed. A zone is high- lighted if a tag enters restricted zone. Logs: History of all events dis- played in tabular format to re-use the space. Alerts: User is warned about any action that requires attention based on priority. The text is dis- played in blinking red font. Sound is produced to attract attention of the user. Door Control: Allows the user to control the door from computer. Tag Management: Allows user to easily add/remove the tag. Also gives battery levels of each tag