2. ORCA service
“A cloud service providing location data,
supporting any size of roll-out, based on any
type or combination of technologies, for easy
integration in custom solutions.”
Opportunistic Realtime Context Awareness
5. Technologies
Technology Cost Accuracy Remark ORCA
Wi-Fi +- 5 - 15m Often available in various
environments
GPS/Galileo/… - ++ 0,1 – 10m Only outdoor,
accuracy = price
RFID - 1 – 50cm Short range, passive
GSM ~ 50m – 2km Overall coverage, ‘last
technology’
Dash-7 -- < 2m Low power, low cost, open
technology
OMTT +- As needed Combination of
technologies
… … … !
6. Technologies - OMTT
Opportunistic Multi Technology Tag
• Hardware development
– Wi-Fi
– GPS
– GPRS
– Bluetooth
– Active RFID
– + battery & CPU
modular => customisable => affordable
7. END
“Take risks: if you win, you will be happy;
if you lose, you will be wise.”
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“If you think as you thought,
you’ll do what you did
and you’ll get what you got.”
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“To win silver is to lose gold.”
tim@atsharp.com