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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Malik, Ajay
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2009.
Colección:--For dummies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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