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A Contextual Investigation of Location in the Home Using Bluetooth Low Energy Beacons
Location sensing is a key enabling technology for Ubicomp to support
contextual interaction. However, the laboratories where calibrated testing of
location technologies is done are very different to the domestic situations
where `context' is a problematic social construct. This study reports
measurements of Bluetooth beacons, informed by laboratory studies, but done in
diverse domestic settings. The design of these surveys has been motivated by
the natural environment implied in the Bluetooth beacon standards - relating
the technical environment of the beacon to the function of spaces within the
home. This research method can be considered as a situated, `ethnographic'
technical response to the study of physical infrastructure that arises through
social processes. The results offer insights for the future design of `seamful'
approaches to indoor location sensing, and to the ways that context might be
constructed and interpreted in a seamful manner.Comment: Technical Report (6 Pages