{"id":4422,"date":"2019-11-26T10:59:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T10:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4422"},"modified":"2019-11-26T10:59:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T10:59:07","slug":"using-bluetooth-beacons-for-jungle-vehicle-poacher-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/using-bluetooth-beacons-for-jungle-vehicle-poacher-tracking\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Bluetooth Beacons for Jungle Vehicle Poacher Tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There&#8217;s new research by Karan Juj and Charith Perera of Cardiff University on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Exploring the Suitability of BLE Beacons to Track Poacher Vehicles in Harsh Jungle Terrains (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/1911.02063.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Exploring the Suitability of BLE Beacons to Track Poacher Vehicles in Harsh Jungle Terrains<\/a> (pdf). The paper describes a real world study conducted in a Malaysian jungle that tracks poacher vehicles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deep jungle terrain has challenges because GPS doesn&#8217;t work, there&#8217;s no cellular connection and 100% humidity can hinder wireless signal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study mounted Bluetooth beacons beside a road and placed a concealed receiver inside a vehicle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/beaconpositioningplan.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/beaconpositioningplan.png 528w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/beaconpositioningplan-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 528px) 85vw, 528px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/beaconontree.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/beaconontree.png 482w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/beaconontree-286x300.png 286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 482px) 85vw, 482px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The researchers tested various types of obstructions that would be faced in deployment and measured the reliability of detecting beacons from under  bonnet:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/beacondetectorunderbonnet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/beacondetectorunderbonnet.jpg 519w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/beacondetectorunderbonnet-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 519px) 85vw, 519px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/junglevehiclebroadcastinterval.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/junglevehiclebroadcastinterval.png 512w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/junglevehiclebroadcastinterval-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 85vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After extensive evaluation, the researchers found that Bluetooth LE beacons can be successfully used in jungle terrains to a track vehicle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s new research by Karan Juj and Charith Perera of Cardiff University on Exploring the Suitability of BLE Beacons to Track Poacher Vehicles in Harsh Jungle Terrains (pdf). The paper describes a real world study conducted in a Malaysian jungle that tracks poacher vehicles. Deep jungle terrain has challenges because GPS doesn&#8217;t work, there&#8217;s no &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/using-bluetooth-beacons-for-jungle-vehicle-poacher-tracking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Using Bluetooth Beacons for Jungle Vehicle Poacher Tracking&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4422"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4422"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4429,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4422\/revisions\/4429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}