The 8th EAI International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications and Services

Research Article

Grouve: Spontaneous Proximal Group Formation with Ultrasonic Sound Waves

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.30-11-2016.2267129,
        author={Debbie Gijsbrechts and Florian Heller and Johannes Sch\o{}ning and Fahim Kawsar},
        title={Grouve: Spontaneous Proximal Group Formation with Ultrasonic Sound Waves},
        proceedings={The 8th EAI International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications and Services},
        publisher={ACM},
        proceedings_a={MOBICASE},
        year={2016},
        month={12},
        keywords={ultrasound calendar appointment broadcast group formation sharing},
        doi={10.4108/eai.30-11-2016.2267129}
    }
    
  • Debbie Gijsbrechts
    Florian Heller
    Johannes Schöning
    Fahim Kawsar
    Year: 2016
    Grouve: Spontaneous Proximal Group Formation with Ultrasonic Sound Waves
    MOBICASE
    ACM
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.30-11-2016.2267129
Debbie Gijsbrechts1, Florian Heller1, Johannes Schöning1, Fahim Kawsar2,*
  • 1: UHasselt - tUL - imec
  • 2: Bell Labs, Nokia
*Contact email: fahim.kawsar@nokia-bell-labs.com

Abstract

In daily life, we use computers and smartphones to organize a groups activities and share documents with its members. However, creating that group in the digital domain is often performed manually. Solutions to automate the process of forming a group of physically proximate members, so far, mostly relied on Bluetooth or WiFi. In contrast to these solutions we present Grouve, an automatic ad-hoc based group formation technique running based on ultrasonic waves. As Grouve uses inaudible sounds for communication, it has the natural advantage that the sound signal stays inside a limited space, which matches most of the application contexts. In this paper we report on the design process and implementation of Grouve.