Integrating 5G with a virtual GNSS signal generator for seamless indoor/outdoor navigation and timing. Register for the Final Presentation Webinar EL2-110 “Indoors/Outdoors PNT with 5G/GNSS signals"

With the emergence of mobile computing, including IoT and wearable devices, indoor positioning has become much more important than before. Indoor environments present diverse and dynamic scenarios with complex geometries. GNSS remains the most widely used and well-known technology for outdoor position, velocity, and time (PVT) determination, but severe signal attenuation, signal blocking, the presence of strong signal multipath effects, and other sources of interference make GNSS invalid as an indoor positioning solution. With the introduction of dedicated fifth-generation (5G) positioning reference signals, measurements and methods by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) in Release 16, 5G has attracted more attention as a reliable technology for navigation and timing. Clearly, the integration of this emerging communication/navigation system with the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) will bring great benefits ranging from better accuracy to higher reliability. However, severe signal attenuation and blocking make indoor environments a difficult area for this integrated navigation system.
The goal of the NAVISP Element 2 project was therefore to develop a novel system consisting of an indoors GNSS signal manipulator and repeater that can be used in conjunction with 5G signals to provide indoors/outdoors PNT solution. The solution aims to provide positioning, navigation and timing in indoors environments in such a way that a smooth transition from indoors to outdoors can be accomplished using the repeated GNSS signals combined with 5G positioning signals.

The project was carried out in the frame of NAVISP Element 2, which is devoted to supporting competitiveness of European industries.

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