Ajay Malik 
RTLS For Dummies 

Select, invest in, and deploy a Real Time Location System

Is your business ready for an RTLS? This friendly, hands-on guide shows you how to understand and implement this cutting-edge technology, explaining RTLS methodologies in plain English. From the initial deployment to monitoring to determining Return on Investment, you’ll see how to successfully meet your needs, ensure data accuracy, and sustain your system.

* Get your bearings — understand what RTLS does and its various methodologies, determine your needs, and select the right system

* Prepare for installation — outline your goals, plan your applications, assess your site, select the right tag technology, and conduct a pilot test

* Implement RTLS in your world — know how to train your staff, set expectations, set up monitoring, and assess whether the RTLS is working as desired

* Deal with design issues — learn the most common pitfalls of RTLS implementation and how to handle them

* Take the technology tour — use RTLS to locate at choke points, room level, presence, by association, and precisely

* Monitor and secure your RTLS — verify and fine-tune your system, establish performance metrics, and manage security issues and vulnerabilities such as network attacks

Open the book and find:

* An overview of RTLS and its uses

* Explanations of underlying technologies

* How to integrate RTLS into your other business applications

* Comparative detail on technologies that enable different types of locating

* Tips for evaluating RTLS vendors

* Essential RTLS resources and references

* Tips for getting the most out of the batteries used in tags

* Privacy issues related to RTLS

Daftar Isi

Introduction 1

Part I: Getting Your Bearings in RTLS 7

Chapter 1: Getting to Know RTLS 9

Chapter 2: Knowing the Many Parts of an RTLS 27

Chapter 3: Choosing the Right RTLS 55

Part II: Implementing RTLS in Your World 71

Chapter 4: Planning for a Successful Implementation 73

Chapter 5: Preparing for Installation 85

Chapter 6: Monitoring RTLS 95

Chapter 7: Integrating RTLS 101

Part III: Tag-A-Palooza: RTLS Technology Tour 111

Chapter 8: Locating at Choke Points 113

Chapter 9: Locating at Room Level137

Chapter 10: Precision Locating with Wide Area Coverage 153

Chapter 11: Precision Locating with Local Area Coverage 179

Chapter 12: Presence-Based Locating 215

Chapter 13: Locating by Associating 219

Part IV: Monitoring Performance and Securing RTLS 227

Chapter 14: Measuring RTLS Performance 229

Chapter 15: RTLS Vulnerabilities 237

Part V: The Part of Tens 249

Chapter 16: Ten RTLS Pitfalls 251

Chapter 17: Ten Tips for Selecting an RTLS Vendor 259

Chapter 18: Ten Best Ways to Use Batteries 267

Part VI: Appendixes 275

Appendix A: RTLS Resources and References 277

Appendix B: Privacy Issues 289

Appendix C: Realizing the Benefi ts of an RTLS 295

Index 305

Tentang Penulis

Ajay Malik has nearly 20 years of engineering and management experience. Prior to joining RF Technologies, he was the head of software engineering and advanced development in Motorola’s Wireless LAN Division. He was the principal architect of Motorola RF Switch and championed Real Time Location System supporting multiple technologies.