UNIT 1: GNSS MARKET

• WHAT IS GNSS?– Infrastructure for determination of position,velocity and time by processing satellite signals.

• CONSTELLATIONS:– GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou (Compass)– Augmentation systems:

• EGNOS (Europe)• WAAS (North America)• GAGAN (India)• MSAS (Japan) ...

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• CHARACTERISTICS:– AVAILABILITY.

• Number of available satellites.

– PRECISION.• Difference between calculated and real solution.

– CONTINUITY.• Ability to provide the required performance without interruption.

– INTEGRITY.• Confidence about the information provided.

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• EVOLUTION:

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• EVOLUTION:

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• Analysis:– Applications in LBS dominate cumulative revenue.

• Devices:– Smartphone.– Tablet.– PCs.– …

• Applications:– Geolocation.– Research.– …

INTRODUCTION

• Analysis:– Road GNSS second in cumulative revenues.

• Smartphones.– Geolocation.– Applications.– ...

• Navigators.– Geolocation.– Fleet control.– Tourism.– Geomarketing.– ...

INTRODUCTION

• GNSS downstream industry:– Component manufacturers, for stand‐alone use or integrated.

• Chipsets, antennas and safety beacons, ...

– Systems  integrating GNSS into larger products.• Vehicles, consumer electronics, …

– Value‐added service providers.• Map providers, augmentation service providers and GNSS calibration or testing activities.

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• Companies in each group:

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• Integration of sensors.• Multipurpose devices using software.

– Replace small hardware items.– Applications on smartphones vs. navigators.

• Integration of positioning techniques.– GNSS.– Bluetooth.– Wifi stations.– Inertial systems.– ...

TREND

• Multiconstellation, standard equipment.

TREND

• Multiconstellation, standard equipment.

TREND

• Location‐based services. (LBS)• Road.• Aviation.• Rail.• Maritime.• Agriculture.• Surveying.• Timing & synchronisation.

SECTORS

• Location‐based services. (LBS)– Seek to offer a service to users.– Based on geographic location information.– Applications in most devices.

SECTORS

Geographic Information Systems

Telecommunications (Internet)

Inf. and communicationtechnologies

• Location‐based services. (LBS)– Navigation:

• Route planning and turn‐by‐turn instructions.– Mapping & GIS: 

• Smartphones enable users to become map creators.– Geo marketing and advertising: 

• Create market opportunities.– Safety and emergency: 

• GNSS, in combination with network based methods.– Enterprise applications: 

• Mobile workforce management and tracking solutions.– Sports: 

• Monitoring of users’ performance.– Games and augmented reality:

• Positioning and virtual information are combined.– Social networking: 

• Friend locators to help keep in touch and share information.

SECTORS

• Road.– Smart mobility applications improve efficiency andeffectiveness:

• Navigation.• Fleet management .• Satellite road traffic monitoring services .

– Safety‐critical applications:• In connected vehicles GNSS will be integrated with informationfrom other sensors.

• Dangerous goods tracking.– Liability applications:

• In Road User Charging (RUC).• Insurance telematics black boxes.

– Emergency call applications.

SECTORS

• Aviation.– Safety improvements.

• Decreasing the probability of events CFIT (Control Flight Into Terrain).

– More efficient use of airspace.• By using direct paths.

– Reduced environmental impact.• Reduction of polluting gases.• Noise reduction in populated areas.

– Increased accessibility to aerodromes.• Reduction approach minima.

– Easier for raising and lowering operations.– General improvement in the quality of service.

SECTORS

• Rail.– High density control trains.

• Expressways.

– Low density control trains.• Rural zones.

– Fleet control.– Passenger information

SECTORS

• Maritime.– Navigation:

• Big boats routes.• Pleasure craft routes.

– Positioning:• Traffic management.• Search and rescue.• Wrecks.• Location of platforms.• Optimization of fishing.

SECTORS

• Agriculture.– Environmental impact reduction.– Improvement of crop yield.– Improvement of efficiency in general.

SECTORS

http://cema-agri.org/page/precision-farming-key-technologies-concepts

• Surveying.

SECTORS

Surveying applications

Terrestrial

Cadastral cartography

Engineering

Cartography

Mining

Marine Bathymetry

• Timing & synchronisation.– Direct access to Universal Coordinated Time(UTC).

• Atomic clocks carried on board.• Galileo will offer nanosecond accuracies (1s = 1 ∙ 109s).

– Synchronization between receivers in differentlocations is maintained using GNSS timereference.

– A master clock synchronizes auxiliary clocksscattered through the time of the GNSS satellites.

SECTORS

• Description of the sector.• Application fields.• Developments and projection of turnover.• Distribution of economic activity bycontinents.

• Recent developments.• Major companies involved.

PRACTICAL EXERCISE

• Bibliography:

PRACTICAL EXERCISE

https://www.gsa.europa.eu/2015-gnss-market-report#overlay-context=market/market-report

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UNIT 1: GNSS MARKET