locata keynote ppt, chintergeo, oct 27, 2014 (english)
TRANSCRIPT
New Technology for Positioning
Locata – An Introduction
ChinterGeo 27 October 2014
Nunzio Gambale – CEO
It is a pleasure to be invited here to…
introduce our revolutionary new technology
and the opportunity it brings to our Chinese friends
The Company
• Locata is an Australian Company
• Founded by David Small andNunzio Gambale in 1997
• Our company began when we walked inside with a GPS and it stopped working!
• We knew even in 1997 this was a problem which HAD TO BE FIXED for future apps
• We foresaw the problems satellite systemshave to deliver very high accuracy andunfailing reliability indoors & in urban areas
The Reality of GNSS
The Problem Today
“GNSS islikeSwisscheese…
Actual customer quote.
… it’s full of holes”
GNSS coverage in modern applications
has MANY HOLES!!
How to fix this problem?
Locata is a new ground-based network delivering
COMPLETELY INDEPENDENTPOSITION, NAVIGATION & TIME
exactly the same as GNSS
A World First
Our Achievement
Locata is the first and only technologywhich can replicate GNSS –
on the ground.
IMPORTANT!!
A New Technology
Locata has invented a technology that replicates a
GPS satellite constellation – locally, on the ground
So… for any area a customer wants to cover, Locata
looks the same locally as GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, etc.
In a suitable receiver, Locata is used in the GNSS navigation solution as “just another constellation”
BUT CRITICALLY…The Locata “Local Constellation” is under local control, and may be deployed at any power, any frequency
or any density that your application needs.
= your own GPS
What Locata has DONE!Locata can “fill in”the holes where needed – locally!
Ubiquitous positioningthat lookslike GPS
= GNSSeverywhere!
Fixed the problem
FOUNDATION: of new enabling technology
UNIQUE: world-first device
Meet a LocataLite
US$200 million satellite – but on the ground!
INCREDIBLE: does the same job as a
UNIQUE: world-first device
FOUNDATION: of new enabling technology
REMARKABLE: nanosecond synchronization
Meet a LocataLite
WITHOUT ATOMIC CLOCKS!
1 nanosecond level
= Synchronization
Invented TimeLoc
The Key Technology Advance
Our Achievement
Key Locata Facts
• Transmitted signals “look just like GNSS”
• Transmits today: 2.4GHz band – Wi-Fi band
• Signals in a Locata network are over 10 million times stronger than GNSS signals
• Full control of how many signals your application receives. Up to 200 today!!
• Transmitters can be many km apart!
• Network layout is extremely flexible and delivers cm-accurate position solutions
Simply an augmentation to satellites
Dependent on GNSS to operate
DGPS, RTK, AGPS, WAAS…..
A pseudolite or “simple transmitter”
Locata IS NOT…
Full, stand-alone “Local Constellation”
Usable for myriad apps – just like GNSS
Total local control to decide availability
Integrates perfectly with GNSS
Locata IS…
Key Locata Facts
Technology Papers
• There are MANY academic& industry papers whichexplain Locata & TimeLoc
• Much research published by Professor Chris Rizos and his teamat University of New South Wales
• Interested readers can download papers and articles from Universityand Locata websites
Newmont Boddington Gold Mine -
one of the world’s biggest Gold Mines
High-accuray GNSS fails very often in this environment!
Example Use
Mine Machine Automation
Example Use
Newmont Boddington Gold Mine -
one of the world’s biggest Gold Mines
Mine Machine Automation
Machine automation MUST HAVE superb reliability!
Fully autonomous mine truck
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Typical, easy mine site deployment –
generally performed by the miners
without surveyor assistance
Locata Antenna Mast
LocataLite in Trailer
Mine Machine Solution
LocataLite
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Newmont Boddington Gold Mine
near Perth, Western Australia –
initial LocataNet layout
Mine Machine Solution
And the Result?
Typical Day-by-Day Performance in Mine
GNSSLocata
Locata
GNSS
NO HOLES!!
Fully integrated COMBINED solution… GNSS+LIMPORTANT! Seamless transition from GNSS to Locata
A World First
Famous brandGNSS+Locata
Receiver
Other brandscoming!
Award Winner
Mining Magazine Product of the Year
Just 3 months after market launch!
MORE EXAMPLES
• UAV’s for USAF• Auto vehicle automation• Port machine automation• TIME TRANSFER!• Structural deformation
Outdoor-Indoor-Industrial-Military-Survey-Consumer
Case Studies
Master LocataLite site
“UHARS 7”
USAF White Sands LocataNet
over 6,500 sq. km when GPS jammed!
USAF Locata System
New Mexico, USA
USAF White Sands LocataNet
over 6,500 sq. km when GPS jammed!
•
A LocataLiteSlave site
Master LocataLiteat site “UHARS 7”
USAF Locata System
New Mexico, USA
746th
Test Squadron Aircraft fitted with
Locata antenna and receiver
Locata Antenna
USAF Locata System
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Example Flight
Locata Signal acquired &tracked at
more than
62.2 km
< 6cm
accurate!
Results for USAF
UAV Back-up Zone
Example IllustrationWashington DC
Back-up UAV Aerial Surveillance
UAV operations in completely GNSS jammed area –
just like USAF at White Sands Missile Range
GNSS Jamming!!
Autonomous Vehicles
• CAR INDUSTRY for collision avoidance
Installed at Vehicle Research Centre(world-leading test facility - Virginia USA)
cm-level position for car: outdoor & indoor
Locata Receiver for all positioning
Port Automation
Machine Automation
High-accuracy GNSS fails very often in this environment!
New Locata Antenna!
1. Locata: new antenna for high multipath
2. Will be fitted to typical AGV in ports
3. Delivers cm-level, survey-grade positions
to the AGV’s where other radio-based
systems are extremely unreliable
Locata VRayAntenna
New Locata Antenna!
Locata VRayAntenna
Synchronization
• TIME TRANSFER at nanosecond level
Already demonstrated ≈ 73 km radius(cover infrastructure over ≈16,500 km²)
For cell tower synchronization and other precise time for large areas (e.g. city-wide)
For synchronization of comms systems inGNSS-denied environments.
Unprecedented, world-first capabilities
Locata Delivers GNSS Timing Functions!
Urban Time Distribution
Example Illustration in NY:
Nanosecond Time Backup
+ Locata ‘Augment’ GPSLocata Nanosecond
Time Distribution
Deformation Monitoring
First TestsTemporary set-up –
FAST!
Locata Antenna Mast
Deformation Monitoring
REAL WORLD RESULTS10 hour monitor: Dam Deformation Application
Locata transmitters up to ~3 km away
1 cm circle
Mean error - 29,000 measurements:Eastings: 0.8 mmNorthings: 0.2 mm
10 hour scatter plot
10 cm circle
Locata Advances
Q: Why is Locata Importantto the Positioning Industry?
A: It solves many of the
serious problems which space-based positioning cannot overcome
Locata Advances
GNSS: Extremely weak signal - easy
to block/jam/spoof/accidentally interfere
LOCATA: Increase power to the level
required to overcome jammer!
GNSS: Cannot guarantee enough number
of satellite signals available at any time
LOCATA: “You design what you need ”
Today up to 200 Locata signals at once!!
Locata Advances
GNSS: Global infrastructure is critically
dependent on “superb clock in space”
LOCATA: Time synchronization is our
core technology. Nanosecond-level time distribution without cables!
GNSS: Space-based - so very expensive
to design, launch, maintain, modernise…
LOCATA: Inexpensive nodes create “GNSS
hotspot”. Infinitely cheaper than satellites!
Locata Advances
GNSS: Takes 15-30 YEARS for a satellite
system to be changed or “modernise”. This is a period of time which is a HUGE problem!
LOCATA: Can evolve RAPIDLY. Certainly
much, much faster than GNSS!
GNSS: Civilian signals are not secure –
no encryption or authentication available
LOCATA: Easily encrypted; public & secure
signals can be transmitted at the same time
Sept 2014
Front Cover
Professional
Surveyor Magazine
Locata is given
superb
industry
validation
“Locata is poised
to profoundly change the world
of positioning, navigation and
timing ”
The Next Generation of Positioning Technology
MUST be a combination of Satellite + Terrestrial
GNSS + Locata = GPS 2.0!
For the industry…
NEW CAPABILITY
TO LOCALLY
AUGMENT OR
REPLACE GNSS
Locata is
A New Positioning
Tool
• OPPORTUNITY! The above are justa few examples of the many revolutionary new products which can be developed byour partners with technology Locata hasALREADY CREATED and COMMERCIALIZED
• LOCATA: is now, for the first time,AVAILABLE TO OUR PARTNERS…including Chinese integrators
• Contact me for information
Partners Welcome
Contact Details
Nunzio GambaleCo-Founder, Chairman and CEO
LOCATA CORPORATION PTY LTD
111 Canberra Avenue, Griffith, ACT
Australia 2603
: +61-2-6126-5700
More information is available by visiting the Locata website.