Periodic Reporting for period 1 - GEONAV IoT (Galileo dual frequency, 5G, IoT devices and services for Drones, Assets Management and Elite sport)
Okres sprawozdawczy: 2019-12-01 do 2020-11-30
What is the problem/issue being addressed?
Our goal is to significantly improve pin point location accuracy and reliability for elite sport / valuable asset tracking and to develop a remote tracking system for drones to integrate with UTM systems.
Elite sport is often hampered by patchy coverage in stadiums and built environments, with the aid of fixed antena and improved / reliable coverage we can address many of the issues faced.
With the correct IoT infrastructure we will be in a position to track assets globally both indoors and outdoors providing a high level of reliable service to clients.
There is currently no single solution for tracking UAVs, as the market expands with the introduction of delivery and passenger drones the skies will become clogged over cities if a holistic approach is not adopted.
Why is it important for society?
Elite sport will benifit by improving existing on field tracking systems to provide real time data giving a competitive edge to the users and add value to health monitoring. Team and field sports will likely gain the most benifits.
A more effective and reliable method of tracking assets results in less down time for components in transit, offers on site efficiencies to big industry and may result in a downturn of asset theft.
Currently there is no baseline service for tracking large volumes of UAVs / drones beyond visual line of sight , we are developong a system to offer a solution to the wider maket. This will improve traffic flow in cities, reduce carbon output and provide a reliable solution to mitigate against air accidents.Safety and reliability is our goal while making ATC integration possible.
What are the overall objectives?
Increased reporting from the device, improved accuracy / reliability, greater adoption of satellite solutions in built environments such as stadiums and imroved location reporting for elite sport.
Asset tracking on demand even in transit with accuracy a priority.
Improved dual frequency reporting for UAVs with reliable data in urban environments to assure safety
The global objective of the project is to achieve the commercilisation of the GEONAV IoT positioning solution, adapted to indoor and outdoor usage for three specific use cases : Elite sport, valuable industrial assets management, Autonomous drones. For this purpose, the performance of GEONAV IoT outdoor location are improved using Galileo Dual frequency and 5G. The project has opened GEONAV IoT solution to a new innovative application - autonomous drone based delivery system- and validate with End Users. In the frame of the project, a European value chain for industrialization of the GEONAV IoT solution is set up and the consortium is working to prepare the market deployment of the GEONAV IoT results.
Our goal is to significantly improve pin point location accuracy and reliability for elite sport / valuable asset tracking and to develop a remote tracking system for drones to integrate with UTM systems.
Elite sport is often hampered by patchy coverage in stadiums and built environments, with the aid of fixed antena and improved / reliable coverage we can address many of the issues faced.
With the correct IoT infrastructure we will be in a position to track assets globally both indoors and outdoors providing a high level of reliable service to clients.
There is currently no single solution for tracking UAVs, as the market expands with the introduction of delivery and passenger drones the skies will become clogged over cities if a holistic approach is not adopted.
Why is it important for society?
Elite sport will benifit by improving existing on field tracking systems to provide real time data giving a competitive edge to the users and add value to health monitoring. Team and field sports will likely gain the most benifits.
A more effective and reliable method of tracking assets results in less down time for components in transit, offers on site efficiencies to big industry and may result in a downturn of asset theft.
Currently there is no baseline service for tracking large volumes of UAVs / drones beyond visual line of sight , we are developong a system to offer a solution to the wider maket. This will improve traffic flow in cities, reduce carbon output and provide a reliable solution to mitigate against air accidents.Safety and reliability is our goal while making ATC integration possible.
What are the overall objectives?
Increased reporting from the device, improved accuracy / reliability, greater adoption of satellite solutions in built environments such as stadiums and imroved location reporting for elite sport.
Asset tracking on demand even in transit with accuracy a priority.
Improved dual frequency reporting for UAVs with reliable data in urban environments to assure safety
The global objective of the project is to achieve the commercilisation of the GEONAV IoT positioning solution, adapted to indoor and outdoor usage for three specific use cases : Elite sport, valuable industrial assets management, Autonomous drones. For this purpose, the performance of GEONAV IoT outdoor location are improved using Galileo Dual frequency and 5G. The project has opened GEONAV IoT solution to a new innovative application - autonomous drone based delivery system- and validate with End Users. In the frame of the project, a European value chain for industrialization of the GEONAV IoT solution is set up and the consortium is working to prepare the market deployment of the GEONAV IoT results.
GEONAV IoT solution is updated with Galileo Dual Frequency and 5G.
For this purpose, Galileo Dual Frequency is integrated in two steps: first prototypes integrate the Ublox F9 receivers to test dual-frequency algorithms and the project develops in parallel Navisoc GNSS chip, second prototypes integrate Navisoc chip.
For both prototypes, GEONAV IoT design and firmware has been updated to integrate new components such as GNSS and 5G module. New dual-frequency algorithms have been developed and integrated to the solution to improve accuracy.
GEONAV IoT solution is also updated with 5G technology. For this purpose, the project address the following approaches:
- Use 5G for communication between devices and monitoring web application to send positioning information
- Use 5G to broadcast GNSS ephemeris and corrections from a base station to the devices in order to improve accuracy and time to first fix
- Study of 5G positioning algorithms
The 5G standards being still in specifications, the use of 5G for communication and A-GNSS/D-GNSS will be addressed by emulating a 4G network with 5G feature.
The architecture of the solution has been updated to integrate 5G secured communication.
For A-GNSS/D-GNSS, D-GNSS algorithms have been implemented to compute corrections and a base station has been developed to generate ephemeris and correction frames to broadcast on 5G network.
As 5G standards are not yet available for 5G positioning, this aspect is addressed in simulation: a study of 5G/GNSS algorithms in literature will allow to identify the most relevant algorithm for GEONAV IoT use cases. This algorithm will be implemented and tested in simulation.
In the project, a new application for GEONAV IoT solution is addressed : Autonomous Drones
A proof of concept for autonomous drones will be implemented using GEONAV IoT prototype boards directly integrated into the drones.
The hardware and sotfware design of both beacons and devices of GEONAV IoT was updated for autonomous drones as well as for elite sport and valuable assets (new components such as micro-controler, 4G module...).
A specific web monitoring application is developed for drones.
The proof of Concept will be validated in a site in Ireland.
In the frame of the project, the Navisoc chip will be industrialized, as well as the GEONAV IoT solution adapted to the three use cases : Elite Sport, Asset and Drones use cases.
During the project, a specific communication on GEONAV IoT solution has been deployed : creation of a website and project video, creation of social network accounts, participation to specific conferences...
For this purpose, Galileo Dual Frequency is integrated in two steps: first prototypes integrate the Ublox F9 receivers to test dual-frequency algorithms and the project develops in parallel Navisoc GNSS chip, second prototypes integrate Navisoc chip.
For both prototypes, GEONAV IoT design and firmware has been updated to integrate new components such as GNSS and 5G module. New dual-frequency algorithms have been developed and integrated to the solution to improve accuracy.
GEONAV IoT solution is also updated with 5G technology. For this purpose, the project address the following approaches:
- Use 5G for communication between devices and monitoring web application to send positioning information
- Use 5G to broadcast GNSS ephemeris and corrections from a base station to the devices in order to improve accuracy and time to first fix
- Study of 5G positioning algorithms
The 5G standards being still in specifications, the use of 5G for communication and A-GNSS/D-GNSS will be addressed by emulating a 4G network with 5G feature.
The architecture of the solution has been updated to integrate 5G secured communication.
For A-GNSS/D-GNSS, D-GNSS algorithms have been implemented to compute corrections and a base station has been developed to generate ephemeris and correction frames to broadcast on 5G network.
As 5G standards are not yet available for 5G positioning, this aspect is addressed in simulation: a study of 5G/GNSS algorithms in literature will allow to identify the most relevant algorithm for GEONAV IoT use cases. This algorithm will be implemented and tested in simulation.
In the project, a new application for GEONAV IoT solution is addressed : Autonomous Drones
A proof of concept for autonomous drones will be implemented using GEONAV IoT prototype boards directly integrated into the drones.
The hardware and sotfware design of both beacons and devices of GEONAV IoT was updated for autonomous drones as well as for elite sport and valuable assets (new components such as micro-controler, 4G module...).
A specific web monitoring application is developed for drones.
The proof of Concept will be validated in a site in Ireland.
In the frame of the project, the Navisoc chip will be industrialized, as well as the GEONAV IoT solution adapted to the three use cases : Elite Sport, Asset and Drones use cases.
During the project, a specific communication on GEONAV IoT solution has been deployed : creation of a website and project video, creation of social network accounts, participation to specific conferences...
Former GEONAV IoT solution integrated single-frequency positioning algorithms and other means of communication than 5G. Dual-frequency positioning algorithms will improve ionospheric estimation and thus improve positioning horizontal and vertical accuracy. The availability of satellite ephemeris through 5G network aims at reducing drastically Time To First Fix and also availability of positioning service under constraint environment. The corrections provided by the base station, new component in the solution, are broadcast as well as ephemeris through 5G network to devices to also improve positioning accuracy. Where former communication solutions prevent the monitoring of more than 40 devices, the 5G technology enables now to collect more than 500 devices positioning data.
These new performances enables GEONAV IoT solution to address a new application : localisation and monitoring of a fleet of autonomous drones.
These new performances enables GEONAV IoT solution to address a new application : localisation and monitoring of a fleet of autonomous drones.