Open AccessAn alternative approach to monitor occupancy using bluetooth low energy technology in an office environment
Author(s) -
Zeynep Duygu Tekler,
Raymond Low,
Luciënne Blessing
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012116
Subject(s) - occupancy , beacon , bluetooth low energy , bluetooth , computer science , real time computing , mobile device , embedded system , telecommunications , wireless , architectural engineering , engineering , operating system
In this study, we proposed a non-intrusive occupancy monitoring approach which leverages on existing BLE technologies found in smartphone devices to track the occupants’ movement patterns using BLE beacons. Unlike existing methods, the proposed approach does not require the installation of a mobile application and only requires the occupants to provide the MAC address of their Bluetooth-enabled smartphone devices. The feasibility of the proposed approach was demonstrated by conducting a two-week data collection effort in a university office environment where the occupancy patterns identified are used to develop various occupancy profiles for different types of occupants.