Loughborough University
Browse
Hybrid.pdf (1.99 MB)

Hybrid ToF and RSSI real-time semantic tracking with an adaptive industrial internet of things architecture

Download (1.99 MB)
journal contribution
posted on 2017-10-26, 08:20 authored by Sarogini PeaseSarogini Pease, Paul ConwayPaul Conway, Andrew WestAndrew West
Real-time asset tracking in indoor mass production manufacturing environments can reduce losses associated with pausing a production line to locate an asset. Complemented by monitored contextual information, e.g. machine power usage, it can provide smart information, such as which components have been machined by a worn or damaged tool. Although sensor based Internet of Things (IoT) positioning has been developed, there are still key challenges when benchmarked approaches concentrate on precision, using computationally expensive filtering and iterative statistical or heuristic algorithms, as a trade-off for timeliness and scalability. Precise but high-cost hardware systems and invasive infrastructures of wired devices also pose implementation issues in the Industrial IoT (IIoT). Wireless, selfpowered sensors are integrated in this paper, using a novel, communication-economical RSSI/ToF ranging method in a proposed semantic IIoT architecture. Annotated data collection ensures accessibility, scalable knowledge discovery and flexibility to changes in consumer and business requirements. Deployed at a working indoor industrial facility the system demonstrated comparable RMS ranging accuracy (ToF 6m and RSSI 5.1m with 40m range) to existing systems tested in non-industrial environments and a 12.6-13.8m mean positioning accuracy.

Funding

The authors would like to thank the EPSRC for the funding of the project Adaptive Informatics for Intelligent Manufacturing (EP/K014137/1).

History

School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volume

99

Pages

98-109

Citation

PEASE, S.G., CONWAY, P.P. and WEST, A.A., 2017. Hybrid ToF and RSSI real-time semantic tracking with an adaptive industrial internet of things architecture. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 99, pp. 98-109.

Publisher

Elsevier

Version

  • VoR (Version of Record)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Acceptance date

2017-10-06

Publication date

2017-10-11

Notes

This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Elsevier under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

ISSN

1084-8045

Language

  • en