INSTANT OLYMPIC - Infomobility Services for safety critical Applications on land and sea based on the use of integrated GNSS Terminals for needs of Olympic cities
Overview
Background & policy context:
Satellite position based applications, location based information services and communication infrastructures integrated in mobile distributed systems, has had a great influence on the development of new applications in various fileds. One of them is certainly the Search and Rescue (SAR).
Objectives:
The technical and scientific objectives of the project are to:
- Build on the results of the Galileo Definition Phase (GALA and GEMINUS) plus other related work (ASTRON programme of the EC).
- Develop, Test and Demonstrate EGNOS/Galileo applications before Galileo becomes operational emphasizing on the differentiators of EGNOS/Galileo to GPS (added value of integrity, improved accuracy, guarantee of service) and setting up trials in different environments (urban, semi-urban, maritime).
- Exploit the GNSS Test Bed by using the EGNOS signal, and feeding into the GSTB planning and other standardization efforts.
- Interact closely with other relevant work carried out by ESA or the EC and relevant to GNSS terminals, local components, mission concept, test beds.
- Interact closely with real users, assess opportunities from requirements relevant to certification, legislation (e.g. IMO), demonstrate EGNOS in specific events of global high visibility (Olympic Games).
- Exploit the integration of GNSS, communication, geo-information and Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) capabilities in a European framework.
Methodology:
This project aims to set up, validate and demonstrate three pilot projects, based on the EGNOS System Test Bed with the view to develop a pre-operational service provision by the end of the project. By doing that the INStANT project will:
- accelerate the uptake of Galileo by the transport sector by exploiting and demonstrating the improved performances of EGNOS vis-à-vis GPS in targeted applications;
- evaluate benefits and analyze economic viability from synergies with appropriate terrestrial infrastructures / services (terrestrial and/or satellite communications).
These pilot projects focus on selected applications where the use of the EGNOS signal can prove superior to the use of GPS (in terms of required accuracy, integrity and/or guarantee of service).
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