New cloud-based solution developed that provides geolocation and anti-jamming mechanisms!

Last Updated: 25/03/2022 07:58     Created at: 16/03/2022 09:10

Final Presentation of NAVISP Project EL2-096 now available:

On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, ALBORA presented the results of the NAVISP project “CGNSS- Cloud-based Snapshot GNSS Solution.” About 60 people from industry and research followed the interesting presentation and the subsequent interactive Q&A session.

ALBORA Technologies Limited is a British deep-tech Start-up that focuses on the development of the next-generation GNSS technologies to improve geolocation and navigation accuracy, sensitivity and integrity. With its expertise and years of experience in geolocation products and services,  the company enables B2B industrial applications such as logistics, critical infrastructures, manufacturing facilities, petrochemical plants, micro-mobility, asset tracking, and workforce safety.

The project's main objective was to develop a Cloud-based Snapshot GNSS solution that provides augmented levels of sensitivity, potentially extending the use of GNSS PNT services to degraded, or even currently denied scenarios, such as urban canyons or mild indoor facilities. To this end, a breakthrough technology called ALCORE, based on the combination of high-sensitivity techniques and advanced software solutions, has been developed to provide geolocation solutions in such complex environments.

Current GNSS approaches struggle with several challenges, including limited accuracy in challenging environments such as built-up areas and indoors. Albora's product aims to fill this gap through the development of a cloud/edge based service platform based on advanced geolocation algorithms that enables diverse applications in different mass markets. Apart from the aforementioned cloud-based, software-centric architecture, key features include the direct position estimation (DPE) receiver for improved sensitivity, as well as robust interference mitigation for resiliency under jamming interferences.

Thanks to the support of NAVISP, ALBORA has succeeded in developing a promising service that can be used and adopted by different actors in the near future to provide geolocation and positioning data in a more efficient and secure way. The next step is the development of a high-precision, low-power, low-cost device that can then enter the mass market, enabling the management of interference in high-interference scenarios and adding additional robustness against signal processing cyber-attacks.

The project was part of NAVISP Element 2, which aims to maintain and improve the capabilities and competitiveness of the participating States' industry in the global market for satellite navigation and, more broadly, PNT technologies and services.

More detailed information can be found in the slides of the Final Presentation.