Ekahau RTLS

Introduction to Real-Time Location Systems

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Ekahau The Innovation

Before Ekahau, locating people and assets indoors was

a complicated and cost-prohibitive proposition. It required
proprietary antenna networks and a laborious installation
process. A real benefit or ROI did not exist, and most of the
installations were technology pilots.

In 2000, Ekahau patented an innovation that enabled

indoor location systems to be deployed over any existing,
standard Wi-Fi network.

Because Wi-Fi is already deployed by 90% of businesses

worldwide, Ekahaus technology eliminated the need for a
special, proprietary wireless infrastructure, and enabled
deployment of a cost-effective and accurrate tracking
solution for all enterprise customers.

Since the founding of Ekahau, real-time asset and people

tracking has been Open, Easy and Accurate, and RTLS has
become one of the most rapidly growing new technology
markets worldwide.

Ekahau innovated. Industry followed.

Ekahau RTLS pinpoints real-time location of assets and
people indoors and outdoors.
Ekahau Company Overview

About Ekahau
Since year 2000, Ekahau has been leading the innovation in Wi-Fi-based location systems and software. The company offered:
the first commercially available Wi-Fi-based location tracking system,
the first visual Wi-Fi site survey tool, and
the first next-generation Wi-Fi tag family.

Ekahaus patented core technology, together with its elite RTLS experts, enables the company to hold a sustainable leadership
position in the market today and in the future.

Our mission is to provide the easiest, most cost effective and accurate Wi-Fi based RTLS/RFID solutions for locating people,
assets, and inventory, to help our enterprise customers to run their businesses efficiently and improve their employee safety and
security.

Corporate Facts
Core innovation based on a scientific research by one of the worlds top scientific teams
in the field of probabilistic math and statistical modeling: CoSCo team

Company founded in 2000 as a spin-off from Helsinki University

Privately-held U.S. Delaware corporation, headquartered in Reston, Va.

Offices in Americas, EMEA and APAC

Over 100 resellers worldwide

12 patents filed, 10 granted, 2 pending

Supported by major partners worldwide: HP, Cisco, Aruba, Siemens and others Ekahau Worldwide
Over 1,000 enterprise customers worldwide
Ekahau Advantage: Open. Easy. Accurate.

OPEN EASY ACCURATE

Works with any 3-Step installation in Room-level accuracy

standard Wi-Fi days not months with existing VoIP
network grade Wi-Fi
Ekahau Advantages

Innovation
Advantage
Not using 125kHZ technology (health risk)
Less than 1h per floor installation
Works indoor and outdoor
100% reliable floor accuracy
Reliable room acuracy with existing VoIP grade WI-FI
network
Sub-room <1m accuracy with Location Beacons
No additional hardware infrastructure required
Patented high-performance positioning algorithms
Easy-to-use RTLS deployment and analysis tools
Two-way tag communication, pager, text messaging
Worldwide Customer and Partner Examples
What is RTLS?

Real-Time Location Tracking Systems for tracking

high-value assets and people
Deployed in hospitals, mines, factories,
parking lots...
Find assets and people
Improve Safety (alarms)
Optimize Workflow

Ekahau RTLS uses your Wi-Fi network for tracking

No additional infrastructure required

Battery powered Wi-Fi tags, and other Wi-Fi

devices such as VoIP phones, laptops and PDAs
are used for tracking
Various tag models available
Ekahau Positioning Client software available to
make standard Wi-Fi devices trackable

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Ekahau RTLS

Wi-Fi Based Real-Time Location System

Track Wi-Fi tags, as well as other Wi-Fi devices such as laptops, Wi-Fi
enabled phones, barcode scanners, ...

Tracking is done using a standard Wi-Fi network

All you need is software and tags

Industrys most accurate and cost-effective Wi-Fi RTLS

Hundreds of enterprise customers running Ekahau RTLS in production

across the world in healthcare, military, retail, mining, process industry,
hospitality, logistics, manufacturing, ...

Quick and easy set-up based on a standard Wi-Fi site survey (using ESS)

Supports 802.11n, as well as 802.11a/b/g

Main Components:
Ekahau Positioning Engine (EPE) location server software
Ekahau Wi-Fi tags small, battery-powered tags
Tracking, communication, alerting, temperature monitoring
Ekahau Vision end-user application that makes your assets visible
Ekahau Location Beacons (optional) : To ensure room and sub-room
accuracy
Ekahau Activator: Activates Wi-Fi tags so that they can connect to EPE
Ekahau Client: Enables high-accuracy in Wi-Fi devices other than tags.
Installed on phones and laptops (factory pre-installed in many Wi-Fi phones
such as Polycom, Avaya, Nortel, Ascom, ...)

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RTLS Software Component Concept

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Ekahau Positioning Engine
The most accurate Wi-Fi location server software

Industrys most accurate Wi-Fi location engine

Proven leader in floor-level and within floor resolution
Patented algorithms with 10s of man-years of Ph.D research

Tracks tags or any other Wi-Fi devices

Software-only, runs on almost any Windows server

Supports association mode and blink (chirp) mode

Tracks tens of thousands of assets on a basic Windows

server, close to 1000 location calculations per second

Tag configuration over-the-air at any time at any

location, no Exciters required

Comprehensive monitoring and troubleshooting

capabilities

Designed for enterprise environments with large

campuses and 10,000s of tags

Support for Ekahau Location Beacons

Easy-to-use XML APIs for third-party integration

Ekahau Vision
Comprehensive application layer for asset visibility, alarms, reports, ...

Feature-rich end user application layer for RTLS

Easy-to-use Flash user interface, runs on any web browser

with Flash

Easily find and visualize assets around the campus

Configure rules based on location, button press, motion,

man-down, etc.

Notifications, alert acknowlegements, alarm escalation, etc

Comprehensive reporting capabilities

Ekahau Wi-Fi Tags
Battery-powered tags that utilize your existing Wi-Fi network

Ekahau tags support two-way communications, over-the-air configuration without extra hardware, and
message acks for sure message delivery.

T301A: Asset Tag

Ultra-long battery life
Small size
Buttons, audible alarms, tamper sensor
Intrinsically safe version available

T301BD: Personnel Tracking Tag with Display

Credit-card size
OLED Display with customizable actions (menu navigation, msg acks, etc) using 3 buttons
Rechargeable
Pull-down panic strap
IR sensor for room and sub room accuracy

T301W: Wristband tag (in mass production April 2010)

Ultra-small size
Rechargeable
Panic button
Vibration alert
IR sensor for room and sub room accuracy

T301T: Temperature Monitoring Tag

Alerts for low/high temperature
External Probe, can take extreme heat and cold

T302iS: Wireless Call Button

Lots of battery life
Used in manufacturing to call for parts, etc

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Ekahau Client
Allows Accurate Tracking of Any Device

If accurate tracking of devices other than Wi-Fi tags is

desired, its recommended to install Ekahau Client to
the tracked devices

Installers available for many Windows Mobile platforms

(www.ekahau.com/client)

Pre-installed on many Wi-Fi phones, such as

Spectralink/Polycom, Avaya, Nortel, Ascom, ...

Ekahau Client is a tiny backround application that

sends location packets to the location server

When Ekahau RTLS is run in infrastructure-based mode

(explained later), you dont need to install Ekahau
Client to track any device, but Client increases
accuracy
 Ekahau Site Survey (ESS)
Wi-Fi Planning / Site Survey Solution

Visual, Enterprise-grade Wi-Fi toolkit for

3D Network Design: Create a high-performance network from
scratch
Deployment and Verification: Verify that Wi-Fi meets
requirements. Supports hybrid (simultaneous active and
passive) site surveys
Troubleshooting: Identify and neutralize Wi-Fi issues,
spectrum analysis
RTLS Deployment: Deploy, test, analyze and optimize RTLS

Created for IT administrators / managers and wireless professional

services persons
For anyone dealing with a Wi-Fi network of over 10 APs

Software application, runs on Windows laptops (XP/Vista/7)

Supports 802.11n, and 802.11abg

Fully integrates with Ekahau RTLS

State-of-the-art tools for deploying RTLS and analyzing location
accuracy and coverage
RTLS is calibrated by performing a site survey

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