Collocation (wireless metrics)

Collocation (co-location) is a technically supported management process using preferably wireless communications support. The basic principle applied for collocation is a single-leg unilateration, taking any suitable metrics to determine the radial distance of two entities, e.g. persons. Such suitable metrics may be wireless RSSI measurement or wireless travel time measurement.

A purpose of collocation is rapid support for starting bi-lateral teaming in one location.

A known approach for simple co-localizing is the Fuzzy locating system. A known application for maintaining co-location of any objects is the electronic leash support.