Acquisition of human traces with Bluetooth technology: Challenges and proposals

José María Cabero; Virginia Molina; Iñigo Urteaga; Fidel Liberal; José Luis Martín

doi:10.1016/j.adhoc.2012.05.007

Acquisition of human traces with Bluetooth technology: Challenges and proposals

José María Cabero^*, Virginia Molina, Iñigo Urteaga, Fidel Liberal, José Luis Martín

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Abstract

This paper highlights the challenges to be taken into consideration when Bluetooth is used as a radio technology to capture proximity traces between people. Our study analyzes the limitations of Bluetooth-based trace acquisition initiatives carried out until now in terms of granularity and reliability. We then propose an optimal configuration for the acquisition of proximity traces and movement information using a fine-tuned Bluetooth system based on custom hardware. With this system and based on such a configuration, we have carried out an intensive human trace acquisition experiment resulting in a proximity and mobility database of more than 5 million traces with a minimum granularity of 5 s.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2-16
Number of pages	15
Journal	Ad Hoc Networks
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adhoc.2012.05.007
Publication status	Published - Jan 2014

Funding

We would like to thank Iñigo Arizaga, Aritz Sánchez, Alejandro García and Roberto González for their support in the development of the PDPD and maintenance of the system. This work has been supported by the Spanish Project FUSEN and the European Project SAIL (Grant Agreement number 257448).

Funders	Funder number
European Project SAIL
FUSEN
Seventh Framework Programme	257448

Keywords

Bluetooth
Movement traces
Proximity traces
Real database
Real experiment
Trace acquisition system

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