Accurate Location-Tracking in
Wi-Fi Networks
Ekahau Positioning Engine™ (EPE)
software enables location tracking
in any standard Wi-Fi network
(802.11 a/b/g). Unlike competing
technologies, that require
expensive special infrastructure
on site, EPE is a pure
software-only solution that works
with any off-the-shelf Wi-Fi
access point. No proprietary
infrastructure needed!
With the Positioning Engine, it is
easy to location-enable Wi-Fi
laptops, PDAs, tablet PCs, barcode
scanners, hospital telemetry
devices, and wireless VOIP phones.
In addition, with Ekahau Wi-Fi
location tags (coming soon), any
mobile equipment, asset, or person
can be tagged and located anywhere
within the Wi-Fi network coverage
with precise accuracy. With
Ekahau's Wi-Fi RTLS (Real Time
Locating System), the critical
corporate resources, people,
equipment, and assets, will be
always available at the right
place at the right time.
Ekahau Positioning Engine consists
of the following software
components:
Ekahau Client™ is a small
program that runs on a client
device (PC laptop, PDAs, Wi-Fi
Tag, etc.)
Ekahau Positioning Engine™
service runs on a desktop PC or
(PC/Unix) server and calculates
the client device x, y, floor,
heading, speed, area name, etc.
Ekahau Manager™ is an
application for recording the
field data for a positioning model
(Ekahau Site Calibration™),
tracking client devices on a map,
and analyzing the positioning
accuracy.
Ekahau Application Framework
and SDK is a set of helpful
tools and easy programming
interface for authorized
applications quickly to utilize
EPE location information.
Innovative Technology - for Indoor
and Outdoor Positioning
Ekahau's patented positioning
technology is a result of over 10
years of extensive research, and
features the most precise indoor
location-tracking accuracy
available on the market today. The
high precision combined with
multi-floor tracking support,
enables wide variety of next
generation people and asset
tracking applications both indoors
and outdoors - where ever there is
Wi-Fi coverage. EPE supports both
a zone based tracking, to report
the device location by zone name,
and also a continuous real-time
positioning of precise (x, y,
floor, heading, speed, etc.)
location coordinates.
The Widest Wi-Fi Adapter and
Device Support
EPE has been exhaustively tested
with the leading Wi-Fi equipment,
network adapters, laptops, and
PDAs. EPE has the widest device
support available compared to any
other software-based location
system - see the
Supported Devices and Adapters.
Ekahau Client is fully IEEE 802.11
a/b/g compliant and runs in the
background while still leveraging
the Wi-Fi data and voice
capabilities for other
applications.
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