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  • Polte and Altair embed location services on cellular IoT chipset

    Polte and Altair embed location services on cellular IoT chipset

    Altair Semiconductor integrates Polte’s Cloud Location over Cellular (C-LoC) technology with Altair’s ALT1250 dual-mode CAT-M& NB-IoT chipset.

    Photo: Altair
    Photo: Altair

    Polte Corp. and Altair Semiconductor have collaborated to integrate Polte’s cellular-based location technology with Altair’s ALT1250 cellular Internet of Things (IoT) chipset.

    The ALT1250 is Altair’s dual-mode CAT-M & NB-IoT solution, a small, highly integrated cellular IoT chipset with ultra-low power consumption, GNSS location positioning, a hardware-based security framework and an RF front-end supporting all commercial LTE bands.

    Enabling miniature module sizes of less than 100 square millimeters, the ALT1250 is suitable for a range of industrial and commercial IoT applications.

    Polte’s patented location-as-a-service (LaaS) solution leverages ubiquitous 4G and 5G cellular networks and cloud computing to enable highly accurate location data indoors and outdoors.

    Business processes, customer self-service automation, and better decision making insights enable consumer, commercial and industrial businesses to capitalize on location.

    “With the explosive demand for smaller and low powered IoT devices, Polte’s C-LoC technology is a great complement to the integrated GPS and GNSS capabilities of our dual-mode ALT1250 chipset,” said Oded Melamed, CEO of Altair Semiconductor.

    “Location is a key function in numerous IoT applications, such as smart meters, telematics and trackers, where low power and small form factor are crucial,” Melamed said. “We look forward to the opportunity of working with Polte to offer our customers the best solutions to meet their needs.”

    “Polte is poised to disrupt the location services market. As more and more IoT use cases demand indoor, outdoor and everywhere in between location, Polte’s software-only solution embedded on Altair’s dual mode ALT1250 chipset delivers location services — at lower cost, using less battery, more securely,” said Polte CEO Ed Chao. “We are excited about the opportunity to bring the power of Polte’s location services platform to Altair’s leading Cellular IoT chipset.”

  • PoLTE offers indoor/outdoor positioning using LTE networks

    PoLTE Corporation has developed technology that harnesses the global long-term evolution (LTE) deployment to provide accurate and reliable location data.

    Photo: planetc1 via Foter.com / CC BY-SA
    Cell-phone tower in California. Photo: planetc1 via Foter.com / CC BY-SA

    Unlike localized solutions, such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, PoLTE’s technology leverages its Positioning over LTE (PoLTE) Macro software to achieve precision of 2 to 6 meters. The technology makes use of the sounding reference signals (SRS) embedded in an LTE handset user’s transmission. Using adapted radar location techniques, it converts portions of the LTE uplink signal into a probe signal.

    The technology enables mobile network operators to deliver highly accurate location data to customers in indoor and outdoor environments.

    Traditional macro cell location methods require at least three towers to see the user device to locate the device with precision. Historically, single tower deployments were limited in accuracy to the width of the sector created by the 120-degree antenna that was serving the user device. For example, at a distance of 1.5 kilometers from a base station, the cross range precision would be 4,000 meters. PoLTE Macro can improve the precision to less than 2 meters.

    The benefits to leveraging network-based positioning include speed, flexibility, accuracy and data analytics. Customers for the technology include machine-to-machine and Internet of Things technologies, mobile advertising, crowd and customer tracking, and public safety.

    Learn more about PoLTE technology in the company’s white paper.