Determining the location of patients in remote rehabilitation by means of a wireless network

Abstract

This article discusses the indoor object's location identification method that had been developed to use in medical facilities. Differently from other similar methods, the one reported in this paper requires access to Wi-Fi access points only and, most importantly, it does not require the mobile device to be in hotspot mode. It is proposed to use Wi-Fi access points (routers) with non-standard firmware as measuring equipment to determine the coordinates of the patient's location within the medical institution. Thus, it can be claimed that using of the proposed method will help to achieve acceptable accuracy in real environments at real-time identification mobile devices using simple hardware and software requirements.

Introductory notes for the Acta IMEKO Thematic Issue on Measurement Systems and Instruments based on IoT Technologies for Health

“…Similarly, wireless networks can be exploited in indoor location identification and tracking. In [4], a method for remote rehabilitation that requires only the access to Wi-Fi points (routers) is presented without the hotspot mode for user mobile devices. The Wi-Fi access points with non-standard firmware are proposed as measuring equipment to determine in real time the coordinates of the patient location within a medical institution.…”