UWB navigation
Ultra-broadband positioning (UWB positioning) is one of the latest technologies for determining indoor positioning. Navigation accuracy is up to 0.5 meters.
Ultra-Wideband (UWB) is a wireless communication protocol that uses electromagnetic radiation at high frequencies with a wide bandwidth. This allows you to transfer large amounts of data while consuming little energy.
Deploying a navigation solution based on Ultra-Wideband positioning is currently expensive, but it ensures high accuracy in tracking movements in the building.
UWB tracking is mainly used for tracking tangible assets, access to hazardous areas in the enterprise and monitoring the implementation of work processes on site. Helps to increase security.
In sports, UWB navigation allows you to track players on the field, control the location of exhibits in museums and exhibitions, and find goods on shelves faster in warehouses.
Using Ultra Wideband for indoor geo-positioning
Navigation
With the help of UWB technology, it is possible to accurately determine the location of a person in a building and display it on the map of his smartphone screen, with the ability to guide a route to the desired point. Mobile devices that support UWB technology provide an accuracy of up to 0.5 meters in determining the position in a room.
Tracking movements
UWB technology helps to carry out high-precision training of personnel and tangible assets in the premises. The control of hazardous areas, goods in the warehouse, the placement of employees and equipment in production, social distance, movements of the security service, has a positive effect on the overall safety of the facility.
Analytics
The use of solutions based on the UWB protocol allows you to collect highly accurate statistics of user behavior in your enterprise and analyze it using heat maps that visualize the distribution throughout the territory. The analysis of places with critical situations is especially relevant for their further prevention and damage reduction.
UWB positioning technology
UWB is a radio communication protocol that uses wide bandwidth with short pulses with very little power consumption. Ultra-Wideband uses a high repetition rate of short pulses to improve positioning accuracy and data transfer rates that can reach 100 Mbps, making UWB an excellent solution for transmitting information over short distances.
The graph clearly shows the frequency range of UWB in comparison with other positioning technologies. Due to the narrow frequency band, most of the traditional indoor navigation solutions are affected by various third-party interference and obstacles in the form of a large crowd of people in the room, the presence of partitions and columns, reducing data transmission speed and accuracy.
Positioning methods using UWB technology can provide accurate indoor location tracking in real time and can be used in areas such as navigation for the sighted and visually impaired, tool tracking at work, search for victims and the source of danger by emergency services, and more. UWB positioning methods provide the most accurate indoor location estimation (from 0.1 to 0.5 meters). Thus, UWB positioning can be considered one of the most suitable options for mission-critical tracking solutions that require highly accurate results.
How does UWB positioning work?
Deployment of a solution based on Ultra Wide Band technology
It can be carried out by trained specialists in a very short time. First of all, a specialist creates a map of the room in which navigation needs to be organized in the INP platform editor. Points of interest, jobs, entrances/exits are indicated on the map, users and tangible assets are added.
UWB receivers are installed in the room
and they are connected via a USB cable to a POE switch with Internet access or a local server on which the INP client is installed. The distance between the Ultra-Wide Band receivers should not exceed 50 meters. For example, in a room of 2500 m2 (50x50 meters), 4 UWB receivers will be required, which must be installed in its corners. In the control panel of the Indoor Navigation Platform, the location points of the equipment are added to the indoor layout.
Users are given specialized UWB tags.
or a mobile application is installed on his device with UWB support. Ultra-Wide-Band tags have different form factors (badge, wristband, helmet tag, etc.) and functionality (feedback button or call for help, detecting a user's fall, collecting information about temperature and pressure). Depending on the solution of the necessary tasks, the most suitable beacons are selected.
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Equipment
UWB receiver INR-UWB-1.0
It is a high-precision positioning base station based on UWB technology. The white curved surface design can be perfectly integrated with the indoor environment, and the unique waterproof structure also has the same outdoor performance. The POE power supply reduces the location of the power cord and reduces the complexity of the design.
UWB badge IN-UWB-B-1.0
A badge transmitter is an identification card that can be used in the system to track personnel. It integrates an ultra-wide range to achieve high accuracy of 10 cm indoors. Also, the SOS button can be ideally used for security monitoring.
UWB clock IN-UWB-W-1.0
The watch has a built-in accelerometer that can intelligently switch the positioning frequency between moving and standing still to achieve lower power consumption. In addition, the watch is equipped with a heart rate sensor to periodically return data on the pulse of the monitored personnel. At the same time, the watch has an SOS function, which makes it ideal for positioning personnel in a home for the elderly, on a construction site, in factories, mines, hospitals and other security surveillance cases.
UWB tag IN-UWB-T-1.0
A beacon transmitter is a device for attachment to tangible assets, which can be used in a system for tracking assets in factories, hospitals, factories, and construction sites. It also integrates an ultra-wide range to achieve high accuracy of 10 cm.
List of mobile devices with UWB technology support
- Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra
- Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus/Ultra and above
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 and above
- Google Pixel 6 and above
- Google Pixel Watch 3
- Apple iPhone 11 and above
- Apple Watch 7 and above
- Huawei Mate XT
- Xiaomi MIX4 and Mix Flip
- Motorola Edge 50
- Blackview BV8900 Pro
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