July 18, 2012
NextNav, LLC High Precision Urban and Indoor Positioning Services
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What’s Wrong with This Picture?
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Positioning Technology State of Affairs
The missing piece....
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There is no reliable, high-precision
solution where mobile devices are
used today
GPS
A-GPS + AFLT
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What Is The Ideal Solution?
• High accuracy in urban and indoor environments
• High reliability, high yield and pervasive coverage (ubiquitous scale)
• Low time to first fix and reduced power drain
• On-device location computation (personal privacy)
• Minimal device, core network impact and application impact
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A network of high-power GPS satellites on the ground would satisfy all of
these requirements
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NextNav Metro Overlay Network
NextNav Beacon
NextNav
Beacon
NextNav Beacon
Cell phone
In urban canyon
GPS Satellite
Blocked!
Location Network Element (SUPL, PDE, MPC)
Cell phone
Indoors
Performance Advantage • Precise location in urban and indoor
environments
• Accurate vertical position (1-2m)
• Fast time to first fix (6 sec)
• Dependable “carrier-grade” performance
Broadcast Beacons • Highly synchronized
• Encrypted signal
• Broad coverage from minimal sites
• No backhaul, small form factor
• Licensed spectrum
Receivers • Minimal handset integration cost
(integrates with GPS chip)
• On-device computation of location
• Reduced power consumption
Core Network
• Similar to “Standalone GPS Mode” call flows
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NextNav Test Area
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Area served by ~15 transmitters
(not shown)
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Indoor Accuracy Performance
• Results across
suburban/urban
environment
‒ Offices
‒ Hotels
‒ Malls
‒ Homes
• Indoor results only
• ~100 locations and
5,000 data points
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Height System Performance
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Intercontinental Hotel, Day-to-Day Comparison
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On 20th Floor
On 15th Floor
On 10th Floor
On 14th Floor
On 12th Floor
On 11th Floor
Walking Down Stairs
Stop on Landing
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San Francisco Initial Market Coverage
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Coverage Key
Good Best
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San Jose
Mountain View
Fremont
San Francisco
Cupertino
Oakland
San Mateo
Summary
• NextNav is deploying a revolutionary wide-area positioning system
– Fully managed network brings high-precision, reliable location indoors
– Underlying technology requires minimal chipset and device integration
– Encrypted signals allow management of access to technology
• Commercial mobile services and devices are increasingly dependent upon location
• The location needs for E911 have outgrown “outdoor only” regulatory regime
• NextNav brings “carrier grade” ubiquity, reliability and accuracy to location
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