GPS World, May 2016
MOBILEUPDATE Belgiums Princess Elisabeth Antarctica polar station Photo by René Robert International Polar Foundation POLTE OFFERS INDOOR OUTDOOR POSITIONING WITH LTE NETWORKS PoLTE Corporation has developed technology that harnesses the global long term evolution LTE deployment to provide accurate and reliable location data Unlike localized solutions such as Wi Fi and Bluetooth PoLTEs technology leverages its Positioning over LTE PoLTE Macro software to achieve precision of 2 to 6 meters The technology makes use of the sounding reference signals embedded in an LTE handset users transmission Using adapted radar location techniques it converts portions of the LTE uplink signal into a probe signal The technology enables mobile network operators to deliver highly accurate location data to customers in indoor and outdoor environments The benefits to leveraging network based positioning include speed flexibility accuracy and data analytics Customers for the technology include machine to machine and Internet of Things technologies mobile advertising crowd and customer tracking and public safety M 䜀 一 匀 匀 刀 攀 挀 攀 椀 瘀 攀 爀 眀 眀 眀 挀 栀 挀 渀 愀 瘀 挀 漀 洀 MAY 2016 WWW GPSWORLD COM GPS WORLD 41 A Sigfox antenna is installed ANTARCTICA Continued from previous page from smart devices over long ranges The messages are transmitted in short bursts and small packets which allows the connected devices to run on low battery power for extended periods Sigfoxs proprietary network is one of a number of competing IoT standards with cellular Wi Fi and Bluetooth also considered potential technologies
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