Assisted GPS (Assisted Global Positioning System)

Tags that use a partial or complete source of power to transmit data on demand or unsolicited as well as to boost the effective operating range of the tag. Most active tags use a battery to transmit a signal to a reader. However, some tags can gather energy from other sources.

Received Signal Strength Indicator

Wi-Fi, short for wireless fidelity, is a technology used around the world to connect to the Internet or any network without wires or cables. It is probably as ubiquitous as meat or potatoes.

There are cities around the world that have Wi-Fi, the cell phones that have built in Wi-Fi, Televisions that have Wi-Fi, etc. When you use Wi-Fi technology, you connect wirelessly to a base station (often called as Wi-Fi Access Point or wireless router) that provides the link to the Internet or other type of network.

The term Wi-Fi is a play upon the decades-old term HiFi that describes the type of output generated by quality musical hardware.
The term Wi-Fi, alternatively spelled as WiFi, Wi-fi, Wifi, WIFI or wifi, was pushed by the Wi-Fi Alliance, a non-profit trade group that pioneered commercialization of the technology. Wi-Fi is also referred to as 802.11 networking.

Real Time Location System(s) OR Real Time Locating Systems.
Real time locating systems make it possible to locate anything or anybody in real time. Basically, what is done: small tags – small wireless devices are attached to assets or carried by People and Real time locating systems locate these tags. Tags are glued to assets, or screwed or built into them like your laptops have built in WiFi and People carry tags as badges, wristbands, pendants, ankle bands, or belt clips. The tags could also be built into some other items people carry such as cell phones.