| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 320 pages) : illustrations. |
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--For dummies |
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--For dummies.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
RTLS for Dummies; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Getting Your Bearings in RTLS; Chapter 1: Getting to Know RTLS; Understanding How an RTLS Works; Recognizing the Need for an RTLS; Putting an RTLS to Work; Chapter 2: Knowing the Many Parts of an RTLS; Starting with the All-Important Tag; Making Sense of Location Sensors; Inspecting the Location Engine; Exploring the Technologies; Understanding Middleware |
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Understanding RTLS ApplicationsChapter 3: Choosing the Right RTLS; Weighing Your Options; Knowing Your Objectives; Assessing Deployment Needs; Estimating Maintenance Requirements; Knowing Your Integration Needs; Measuring Return on Investment; Considering Value Adds; Evaluating Security; Tracking Performance; Requiring a Standards-Based Solution; Ensuring Eco-Friendliness; Making Your Choice; Part II: Implementing RTLS in Your World; Chapter 4: Planning for a Successful Implementation; Visualizing the Goals; Understanding the Business Constraints; Enlisting Support |
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Defining the Scope of Your RTLS ImplementationAnticipating the Future; Understanding the Technology; Creating an Implementation Plan; Chapter 5: Preparing for Installation; Adopting a Test Model; Selecting Technologies; Interviewing Vendors; Testing the Waters with the Prepilot; Conducting the Pilot; Chapter 6: Monitoring RTLS; Monitoring RTLS Applications; Knowing How to Monitor Your RTLS; Chapter 7: Integrating RTLS; Understanding Integration; Knowing the Requirements for Integrating an RTLS; Performing an RTLS Integration; Part III: Tag-A-Palooza: RTLS Technology Tour |
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Chapter 8: Locating at Choke PointsMaking Choke Points; Putting Choke Points to Work; Exploring the Underlying Technologies; Chapter 9: Locating at Room Level; Understanding the Methods of Locating at Room Level; Applying Room-Level Locating; Knowing the Underlying Technologies; Chapter 10: Precision Locating with Wide Area Coverage; Understanding Wide Area Coverage; Exploring the Underlying Technologies; Chapter 11: Precision Locating with Local Area Coverage; Understanding Precision; Understanding the Underlying Technologies; Chapter 12: Presence-Based Locating; Detecting Presence |
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Using Presence-Based ApplicationsChapter 13: Locating by Associating; Knowing When to Use Associations; Understanding the Underlying Technologies; Using Locating by Associating; Part IV: Monitoring Performance and Securing RTLS; Chapter 14: Measuring RTLS Performance; Defining the Metrics; Measuring the End-User Experience; Gauging Operational Excellency; Establishing Application Objectives; Chapter 15: RTLS Vulnerabilities; Evaluating Security Threats; Knowing Your Options: Countermeasures; Catching the Attacks; Evaluating the Real Security Challenge; Part V: The Part of Tens |
| Summary |
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. |
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Detectors.
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Remote sensing.
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Wireless communication systems.
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Télédétection. |
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Transmission sans fil. |
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remote sensing. |
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Detectors |
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Remote sensing |
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Wireless communication systems |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Malik, Ajay. RTLS for dummies. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2009 9780470398685 047039868X (OCoLC)255894513 |
| ISBN |
9780470524060 (electronic bk.) |
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0470524065 (electronic bk.) |
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9780470533222 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Digital Editions) |
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0470533226 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Digital Editions) |
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9780470533215 (electronic bk. ; Mobipocket Reader) |
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0470533218 (electronic bk. ; Mobipocket Reader) |
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9780470398685 (Paper) |
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047039868X (Paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786612138003 |
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