PERSONNEL LOCATING SYSTEM

摘要

There is described a system and method for locating, and optionally monitoring the status of, a mobile entity in a given area fitted with a radio beacon. In one embodiment the system features a network of fixed bidirectional radio beacons which transmit on the same freqency at random intervals. A method for processing and relaying unique message identifiers throughout the system is disclosed which optionally allows the vicinity of the mobile entity to be determined from any beacon in the network.