GPS World, December 2017

DIRECTIONS 2018 released Through integration with the internet a cloud platform has been established to provide high precision space time information services including real time navigation services at meter level and decimeter level as well as precise positioning services at centimeter level and millimeter level Satellite Based Augmentation Based on the International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO standards system demonstration and validation work on the BeiDou Satellite Based Augmentation System BDSBAS has been completed and the technical status of the system has been confirmed in accordance of the next generation SBAS Dual Frequency Multiple Constellation DFMC standards Integrated Applications Current ly a great number of independent self cont rol l ed intellectual property rights on the fundamental BDS products have been achieved World class advanced technologies have been developed With the release of the first Chinese in house developed meter level fast positioning BDS chip BDS applications have begun to embrace the era of meter level positioning In 2017 the sales volume of BDS navigation chips and modules exceeded 50 million pieces and that of high precision surveying boards and navigation antenna captured 30 and 90 of market shares respectively There are more than 14000 enterprises including more than 50 publicly listed companies and more than 450000 employees in China engaging in BDSrelated business The annual output value of the publicly listed company in 2017 is more than RMB 50 billion US 753 billion The number of terminals produced by domestic enterprises surpasses 40 million pieces sets BDS has gained recognition from mainstream chip producers such as Qualcomm Trimble Hemisphere GNSS Huawei Samsung u blox MTK Broadcom NovAtel and more and the total number of terminals is estimated to surpass 300 million pieces or sets BDS continues to promote integrated applications and development of related industries bring GNSS high precision services in combination with cloud computing Internet of Things big data and other technologies push forward the integration between BDS related industries and high end manufacturing software DECEMBER 2017 WWW GPSWORLD COM GPS WORLD 17