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Oct 16 2009 11:25AM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
RTLS, real-time location service, Wi-fi, 802.11 asset management, Supply Chain Management
Overheard - Real-time location system (RTLS)
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
RTLS, real-time location service, Wi-fi, 802.11 asset management, Supply Chain Management
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“A lot of healthcare equipment is starting to come with Wi-Fi radios already installed. If it’s not there, they add a Wi-Fi tag. It broadcasts and contacts the closest … access points. Such tags retail for about $50 and can last for months, emitting ‘chirps’ to update any listening Wi-Fi access points about their current position and condition.”
Stan Schatt, Wi-Fi-based real-time location systems primed to grow market share |
Today’s WhatIs.com Word of the Day is real-time location system.
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