Location-aware JADE Agents in Indoor Scenarios

This paper presents a novel JADE add-on that enables the implementation of location-aware agents by interfacing an underlying ranging technology which provides accurate distance measures both indoor and outdoor. First, the paper motivates the work and it presents the features and the architecture of the add-on. Then, the paper provides a detailed description of the implemented localization algorithms and it validates them in an indoor scenario. The experimental results show that accurate indoor localization can be achieved and that the presented add-on can be used to support location-aware agents with sufficient accuracy for targeted educational and ludic applications.