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Precision Indoor Personnel Location and Tracking Precision Indoor Personnel Location and Tracking

for Emergency Responders for Emergency Responders

Technology Workshop, August 7Technology Workshop, August 7--8, 20068, 2006MULTISPECTRAL SOLUTIONS, INC.

Ultra Wideband TechnologyUltra Wideband Technologyfor Precision Indoor Personnel for Precision Indoor Personnel

Location & TrackingLocation & Tracking

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Technology Workshop, August 7Technology Workshop, August 7--8, 20068, 2006

�� Nanosecond duration RF burstsNanosecond duration RF bursts

�� Precision ranging and localization (<1 foot)Precision ranging and localization (<1 foot)

�� High multipath immunity High multipath immunity

�� Extremely difficult to detectExtremely difficult to detect

�� NonNon--interfering to other systemsinterfering to other systems

�� Small physical sizeSmall physical size

�� Extremely long battery lifetimesExtremely long battery lifetimes

�� Low cost Low cost -- nearly nearly ““allall--digitaldigital”” architecturesarchitectures

Short Pulse Short Pulse UWBUWB





1997 – Soldier Tracking System(Military)

1998 – Indoor Mapping System(Military)

2003 – Precision Asset Location SystemPAL650 (1st Gen Commercial)

2000 – Precision Asset Location System(Military)

MSSI RTLS ProductsMSSI RTLS ProductsFixed Infrastructure SystemsFixed Infrastructure Systems

2005 – Precision Asset Location SystemSapphire DART (2nd Gen Commercial)





MSSI MSSI SapphireSapphire SeriesSeriesPrecision Asset Location SystemPrecision Asset Location System™™

� RFID and Real-Time Location

� FCC certified for unlicensed use (indoor/outdoor) under §15.250 wideband/UWB regulations

� Superior cost & performance

� 1 foot accuracy & resolution

� 10 year tag battery life

� 200+ m range LOS

� Microminiature, low cost tags

� Proven capability in severe industrial environments

� Fixed passive infrastructure

� Fully wireless system available

� 64 successful pilot programs completed with several transitioning into full scale deployments

� Major software developers adopting Sapphire solution (e.g., IBM Atlas)





Recent Recent SapphireSapphire DART InstallationsDART Installations

Petrochemical facility safety

Warehouse distribution Livestock trackingIndustrial Manufacturing

Damage control visualization Soldier training

Personnel/Asset Tracking

Player tracking

Transmission trackingCrane safety





MSSI RTLS ProductsMSSI RTLS ProductsZero Infrastructure SystemsZero Infrastructure Systems

� Real-Time Location

� Networked ranging radios with zero fixed infrastructure

� Developed for soldier location in GPS-denied environments

� Precise range measured between nodes

� >700 feet LOS (>150 feet through buildings)

� Better than 1 foot accuracy

� Range information passed to entire network

� Latency (milliseconds) =

9.0 + 0.63 (No. of Measurements) + 1.43 (No. of Routes)

� Frequency: 6.0 – 6.5 GHz

� Four 1.2V (4.8V) 2500 mAH rechargeable

NiCd batteries for 10-12 hour operation

� Current Ranging Radio Prototypes

� 1.9 x 3.25 x 5.9 in (w/o antenna)

� Single PCB (2.5 x 3.75 in)

� 19 oz (with battery pack)

Documents

for Precision Indoor Personnel · Precision Indoor Personnel Location and Tracking for Emergency Responders ... 1997 –Soldier Tracking System (Military) 1998 –Indoor Mapping System