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Low Cost and low Energy GNSS-based WIreless Tag for asset Tracking and monitoring

PROJECTS
Funding
European
European Union
Duration
-
Status
Complete
Geo-spatial type
Urban
Total project cost
€896 096
EU Contribution
€574 740
Project Acronym
CEWITT
STRIA Roadmaps
Network and traffic management systems (NTM)
Transport mode
Road icon
Transport policies
Environmental/Emissions aspects
Transport sectors
Passenger transport

Overview

Call for proposal
FP7-GALILEO-2011-GSA-1-b
Link to CORDIS
Background & Policy context

Nowadays, all long range asset tracking applications make use of the GSM/GPRS network to transfer the position of the items being monitored at regular intervals to treatment servers and end-users. These communication channels call for expensive subscriptions with telecom operators which limit their use to those applications which are worth the investment either from an economic or safety standpoints. Yet, many additional ‘tracking’ applications could be envisaged provided that long range communication costs could be decreased.

Objectives

The SigFox Wireless company has developed the TransFox Ultra Narrow Band technology which brings drastic enhancements in terms of range, capacity, autonomy, power consumption and total system cost, compared to competing technologies. Targeted to be deployed as a wide area wireless communication system, the technology allows offers higher coverage than GSM/GPRS with the same output power as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.

The STERELA company benefits from a strong market positioning for traffic counting and road data collection equipment. Based on its market knowledge, STERELA is convinced of the opportunity to combine such new radio-communication systems with their own leading edge expertise in low consumption electronics to open new GNSS applications in the road area.

In this overall context, the CEWITT project aims at developing an innovative wireless tag and the associated SIGFOX wireless communication and GNSS geo-positioning capabilities with the objective to ensure the integrity and cost effectiveness of Pay per Use parking & Identification of free parking slots applications in Urban Areas.

The optimisation of EGNOS / GPS capabilities, map matching techniques, correlation with SIGFOX signals and the development of specific algorithms working on EGNOS corrected pseudo-ranges and pseudo range differences will allow maximising the level of accuracy and integrity needed in the applications.

Funding

Parent Programmes
Institution Type
Public institution
Institution Name
The European Commission
Type of funding
Public (EU)
Specific funding programme
FP7-TRANSPORT

Partners

Lead Organisation
Organisation
Sterela
Address
Impasse Pedeneau 5, 31860 Pins Justaret, France
EU Contribution
€166 653
Partner Organisations
Organisation
Imst Gmbh
Address
CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSSSTRASSE 2, 47475 KAMP LINTFORT, Germany
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€103 022
Organisation
Sigfox Wireless Sa
Address
Rue Ampere 11 Prologue 2, 31672 Labege, France
EU Contribution
€132 420
Organisation
University Of Southampton
Address
Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€82 273
Organisation
Nav On Time
Address
Avenue Du General De Croutte 42, 31100 Toulouse, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€90 372

Technologies

Technology Theme
Advanced driver assistance systems
Technology
EGNOS-GNSS based measuring system for vehicles
Development phase
Research/Invention

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