GeoMode

GeoMode Positioning Engine

The most fundamental component of the LBS industry is the ‘positioning’ technology; the GeoMode Positioning Engine (GPE) is a server-based software product, which can locate the position of mobile phones to within an average of 50 meters. The GPE is an all-software solution has significant advantages over other competing technology that depend on complex hardware and costly infrastructure upgrades.

The implementation of GeoMode does not require any additional infrastructure or independent overlay network to perform its location process. By simply analyzing the current network signal data of a standard unmodified cell phone, the actual location phones are calculated in seconds and made available for use by online Location Based Service applications.

GeoMode has been tested on a variety of metropolitan and rural settings where it demonstrated location accuracy of within 60 meters for 90% of the time. Additionally, it meets requirements of the US Federal Communications Commission Enhanced Emergency Services Mandate, which requires that 911 calls be located to within 100 meters at least 67% of the time.

The GeoMode solution is a server-based software product and requires no changes to wireless infrastructure. GeoMode works with standard handsets and can support GSM, GPRS, CDMA and UMTS and most all-digital networks.

GeoMode can also locate Assisted GPS (A-GPS) handsets with the same accuracy as all legacy handsets, and is actually complimentary to A-GPS technology which, on its own, presents some technical and business obstacles such as:

• Reliance upon special handsets and a costly hardware intensive infrastructure;
• Inability to operate effectively out of ‘line of sight’ (indoors);
• The small percentage of GPS handsets among the large existing subscriber base. Forecasts have estimated that in 2007, only 14-24% of handsets are GPS enabled [varying by region].

GeoMode will accurately determine the location of any active or idle standard digital cell phone or wireless device, without any modification, change or upgrades to the wireless carrier’s existing network or infrastructure. This enables the realization of the benefits promised by wireless location based services technology.

The GeoMode offering:

• Meets public safety accuracy requirements;
• Does not require any enhancements to the wireless handset;
• Demonstrated accuracy of within 60 meters 90% of the time;
• Does not require any upgrades to the wireless network infrastructure;
• Less costly than competing offerings – no infrastructure changes;
• Is compatible with all existing digital networks;
• Can be deployed either in a network-based or ASP based configuration;
• Suitable for cell phone/PDA/Security/AVL applications;
• No signalling / bandwidth used – no integration issue
• Low cost 100% software solution