i-LocON
High Precision Cellular LocalizatiON System
The project aims to provide a software tool that will be able to detect cellular users in outdoor and in any indoor environment with increased accuracy. The implementation and success of such a tool will enhance the competitiveness of the Host SME Organization (Sigint Solutions) since customers of these tools, (A) and (B) above can be any global cellular operator or indirectly any third party purchasing Location Based Services (LBS) through a cellular operator, or a search and rescue organization (Police Department, Fire Brigade etc). By providing an increased capability to a cellular operator to detect its users with an increased accuracy, generates numerous prospects for novel services, especially in indoor environments where currently cellular systems cannot provide an increased detection granularity. Also by providing to search and rescue services the ability to track, position and assist a user in need creates again numerous business prospects but also provides to society tools that can be used for the welfare of people. In this context, i-LocON has set the following objectives:
- To develop cellular user localisation algorithms methodologies and products
- To provide a Cellular Localization Platform of increased accuracy that will allow cellular operators to achieve increased localization accuracy detection of cellular users in both outdoor and indoor urban environments
- To implement a platform that allows the detection of users in indoor multi-floor environments, a process which typically is not easily feasible since current cellular systems cannot provide such detection granularity with typical localization tools and methodologies
- To generate a light Software Defined Radio (SDR) light cellular base station, which will be able to act as an add-on to the patform , and will be emulating a 4G TDD base station
- Funding source: Research Promotion Foundation
- Call: Research in Enterprices
- Project number: -
- Total funding: €252,050
- Duration: 2018-2021