• Dr. Uwe-Carsten Fiebig, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
  Introduction to the Session "Indoor Navigation"



• Erwin Löhnert, IFEN GmbH
  INDOOR Galileo/GPS indoor navigation & positioning with particular respect to security-sensitive applications



• Dr. Jaouhar Jemai, Ubisense AG
  Indoor Localisation Based on UWB: Technology and Applications



• Moni Malek, eRide Europe GmbH
  Indoor GPS - Application of AGPS and Indoor Position Fixing



• Julius Rupf, T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH
  Transparency, Security and Process Optimisation through Indoor Localisation

Satellite navigation systems like GPS are traditionally considered suitable for outdoor use. To provide reliable, accurate navigation within buildings, such systems must be combined with external complements such as sensors, WLAN, Bluetooth, and RFID. Since these technologies already see widespread industrial use, indoor navigation can be implemented without major infrastructure adjustments. The goal is to achieve a configuration that is seamless in terms of systems as well as navigation: The customer should not recognise when which system is providing the positioning data. Indoor navigation has particular potential for use in car parks, factories, and building management.

The Indoor Navigation Session seeks to provide information on the integration of various positioning and localisation technologies with satellite navigation systems and how this makes indoor navigation possible. The focus of the session will be on user-side business process optimisation.

The aim of the INDOOR funded project is the further development to application maturity of positioning and navigation technologies for security-sensitive SAR and transport logistics applications for the professional sphere. One of the particular new technological challenges for GPS/ GALILEO receiver systems is positioning and navigational capability inside buildings (indoors) or outdoors in locations where shadowing and re?ection create conditions similar to those found indoors. As GPS and GALILEO are regarded as outdoor systems by nature, the requirement for indoor positioning with high availability and accuracy brings with it the demand for further essential supplementary systems, such as external sensors or geographical information systems. For this reason, one of the major focuses of the funded project is on linking GPS/GALILEO with external sensors and other information sources with a view to meeting application requirements in cost-effective fashion.
INDOOR is funded by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Bonn-Oberkassel (Registration number 50 NA 0504).

The presentation gives an overview of the system components, functionalities and capabilities of the Ubisense localization system on the basis of concrete industrial and research projects e.g. in production and logistics.

Because of the ability to act very focused and in time, generation of business process transparency and optimization will be part of the key factors in future business. One major part is the localisation of assets and the interpretation of their situation for optimized planning and control of the whole business. Unless the calculation of estimated arrival time of automotive parts at the assembly line or the current temperature condition of pharmaceutical products. Each up-to-date information here is valuable. Whereas for outdoor environment the established Sat-Nav technologies (e.g. GPS) are very properly, for indoor navigation there is the question which technique fits for the requested scenarios without investing very much in infrastructure. Indoor navigation will be one of the most exciting challenges for the generation of future business process transparency. T-Systems offers their customers even today some very interesting approaches who will be introduced with some exemplary customer projects in this session.