How Galileo enhances positioning in your smartphones

GeoIT Navigation Talks 6h September, Berlin

Jacopo Ovarelli

Galileo is the European GNSS and GSA is in charge of „bringing it to the users”

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Worldwide navigation system “made in EU”

Fully interoperable with GPS

Open service free of charge, delivering dual frequencies

18 satellites already launched

Initial Service Capability declared in December 2016 and ready to be used today in consumer devices

The GSA’s mission is to support European Union objectives and

achieve the highest return on European GNSS investment, in terms

of benefits to users and economic growth and competitiveness

Staff: c.a. 135

Nationalities: 21

Headquarters: Prague

Galileo implementation has reached initial services

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18 satellites have been launched

12 satellites are in production/being procured

Initial Services

Open Service (OS)

Search and Rescue Service (SAR)

Public Regulated Service (PRS)

and demonstrator for Commercial Service (CS)

2016

Full Operational Capability

All services, 30 satellites

An independent civilian infrastructure

Galileo is implemented in a step-wise approach

2020

Test signal for

OS Navigation Message Authentication

(OS-NMA)

2018/2019

European GNSS systems increasingly adopted by solution providers and users

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Galileo recognized by the

International Maritime Organization

as a “World Wide Radio Navigation

System” for the use in regulated

domains

Road tolling: EGNOS already

implemented in 4 European schemes

Regulated applications: eCall and

Digital Tachograph regulations

leveraging EGNSS

EGNOS integrated in 100% of newly

sold handheld mapping devices, Galileo

widely adopted in surveying equipment

391 EGNOS based approach procedures

in 209 airports in 19 EU countries

EGNOS leadership with 72% of farmers

using GNSS, thanks to partnerships

with tractor manufacturers actively

promoting EGNOS affordable accuracy

GNSS technology has been included in the

European Railway Traffic Management

System roadmap in view of its expected

operational and safety benefits

The first European smartphone using

Galileo launched in July 2016

Galileo is increasingly supported in mobile devices

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• July 2016: BQ Aquaris x5 was the first Galileo-enabled phones ever released

• November 2016: Huawei Mate 9

• March 2017:

• Huawei P10

• Sony Xperia XZ premium

• Samsung S8

• June 2017

• Oneplus 5

The Galileo differentiators in mass market devices

Data-less signal of Galileo

Development of new value-added services

Enhancement of offered ones

Multi-constellation

Galileo NMA Authentication

Multipath Resistant

Data-less signal of Galileo

Multi-constellation

Galileo NMA Authentication

Multipath Resistant

= Galileo differentiators = Galileo together other GNSS

• With the release of Android Nougat in August 2016, raw GNSS measurements can be accessed in android smartphones:

‒ Pseudo-range and pseudo-range rate

‒ Navigation messages

‒ Accumulated delta range or carrier

‒ Hardware (HW) clock

• This allows to move away from the black-box concept of the GNSS receiver and opens up the possibilities of deriving more accurate positioning

GNSS Raw Measurement as enabler of innovative location based applications

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• Objectives of the Task Force

‒ To share experiences from testing and use of GNSS raw measurements on smartphones and wearables

‒ To popularize the use of raw measurements among app developers

• Tools:

‒ Publication of white paper, containing

1. The overview on how to use GNSS raw measurements

2. What is possible today: results of testing and case studies, what are the benefits of using raw measurements vs. regular chipset outputs

3. What is coming in near future: how the raw measurements use may be extended with double frequency, carrier phase etc.

‒ Development of open source API for Android developers facilitating the use of raw measurements

GNSS Raw Measurement Task Force by GSA

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Members of the Task Force

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Preliminary results will be presented at ION 2017 (27th September Portland)

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Application fields impacted:

How the market will take advantage of enhanced positioning?

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• Location-based advertising

• Augmented reality

Commercial applications

• GNSS-enabled 112 emergency call

• m-health Safety-related

• Smart mobility

• Autonomous cars Automotive

• Precision agriculture

• Mapping

Semi-professional applications

• Workforce management • Smart city asset management

• ADAS applications

“Up to 60% of ad requests contain some form of location data. Of these requests, less than ⅓ are accurate within 50-100 meters of the stated location”

“The location information and data which is currently available for mobile marketers can provide excellent value, even though there is room for greater accuracy in order to reach increasingly more granular data”

Location based advertising

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http://www.mmaglobal.com/files/documents/location-data-accuracy-v3.pdf

Augmented reality

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“The future of AR is very much tied to the accuracy of location data, and no rapid influx of

venture capital or sudden rush of consumer interest can advance that on its own”

David Semerad, CEO of STRV

Source: Apple

Information and ads better targeted to POI

More precision to design buildings

Enhanced accuracy for further engage players

• Information about how to access the location of the emergency can reduce radically the time of the intervention

• Medical research indicates that one minute reduction in response time improves the odds of survival by 24%*

• The use of GNSS already enhances the caller location accuracy, but every further meter gained can save lives

GNSS-enabled 112 emergency call

14 *Source: emj.bmj.com/content/early/2010/08/25/emj.2009.086363.abstract)

Well being: • Visual impaired apps

• Tele monitoring by PERS (Personal Emergency Response Services)

Well being and sport & fitness

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Sports and fitness • Tracking apps for both pro and consumer

segments

• Augmented reality apps

Smart mobility

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Autonomous cars

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• Autonomous vehicles require a level of accuracy that can enable lane decisions

• This level of accuracy is currently achievable only by applying RTK techniques to GNSS

• Dual frequency receivers can help achieving the needed accuracy without the use of RTK

Advanced driver-assistance systems applications

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Adaptive cruise

control

Lane warning

Collision warning

(combined with V2V)

Semi-automated lane control

Semi-automated

collision avoidance

Automated platoon driving

From “specific devices intended for a professional use”

to “mass-market devices for a (semi) professional use”

Semi-Professional applications

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How to get in touch:

Linking space to user needs

How to get in touch:

GSA - @EU_GNSS EGNOS - @EGNOSPortal

GSA Facebook page GSA YouTube Channel

GNSS Market, R&D GSA Newsletter

GSA Slideshare (presentations)

GSA LinkedIn Page

www.GSA.europa.eu

GSC-europa.eu EGNOS-portal.eu

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