학술논문

Experimental results of Locata: A high accuracy indoor positioning system
Document Type
Conference
Source
2010 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN), 2010 International Conference on. :1-7 Sep, 2010
Subject
Computing and Processing
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Photonics and Electrooptics
Receivers
Global Positioning System
Global Navigation Satellite Systems
Accuracy
Satellites
Distance measurement
Indoor positioning system
Locata
Language
Abstract
Accurate indoor positioning is required for a variety of commercial applications, including warehouse automation, asset tracking, emergency first-responders, and others. In fact, the general expectation of users today is for ℌGPS-likeℍ positioning performance anywhere they go. The inherent limitations of GPS signal availability indoors and in satellite-occluded environments, however, has forced researchers to investigate alternative technologies which may be able to replicate GPS/GNSS performance indoors. A new terrestrial RF-based distance measurement technology, trademarked ℌLocataℍ, has overcome the technical challenges required to create ℌa localised autonomous terrestrial replica of GNSSℍ. Signals from the Locata network are seen by receiver devices as equivalent to (but totally independent from) the GNSS satellite constellation(s). This technical paper describes indoor positioning results with the latest generation of Locata positioning devices. The results demonstrate that Locata's technology enables cm-level positioning in severe multipath environments where conventional high-accuracy radiopositioning has previously been impossible.