Leading-Edge RTLS Solutions
for Business Growth in Logistics, Manufacturing and Trasportation

UBIQUICOM is specialized in the design and development of innovative products and solutions for the locating and tracking of people and assets, designed to increase efficiency and safety in the supply chain business processes.

RTLS (Real-Time Locating System) are systems designed to monitor and locate objects, stationary or moving, and people inside or outside a specific space in real-time.

RTLS use different technologies and methods to obtain localization, which is more or less precise and instantaneous. The technologies used in RTLS systems include:

1. RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification): this technology uses tags emitting radio signals that can be detected and read by RFID readers placed in the environment; the location of objects or people is determined based on the reception of the RFID signal.
2. UWB (Ultra-Wideband): this technology uses ultra-wideband radio signals to precisely measure the distance between nodes; using multilateration (also often referred to as “triangulation”), it is possible to calculate the position in real time.
3. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE): using devices compatible with Bluetooth Low Energy technology, it is possible to monitor location in real time within a specific area.
4. WiFi: some RTLS systems leverage existing WiFi networks to determine the location of objects or people based on WiFi signals received from different access points. WiFi is also used to communicate data.
5. GPS: a satellite technology widely used for outdoor location tracking, providing the position and movements of objects or people with an accuracy of a few meters. A widely used variant in the field of Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) for centimeter-level accuracy in localization is Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS.
6. Mesh networks: in a RTLS based on Mesh networks, network nodes  can be used as reference points for calculating the position of a device. In practice, the device uses the signal strength received from the network nodes to determine its own position. Mesh networks are very useful in location systems because they allow for wider and more uniform coverage than simple WiFi networks. Another advantage of Mesh networks is their scalability, which can be expanded as needed by adding more nodes. An additional advantage is that a single infrastructure may be used for both communication and location
7. Inertial sensors: sensors such as accelerometers, gyroscopes and magnetometers are often used to measure the movement and orientation of objects or people.

The location can be obtained with two different approaches:

• Direct approach: when the number of objects to be tracked is medium or low and continuous object tracking is required, or the resource flow is complex.
• Indirect approach: when the number of objects to be tracked is high, and thei movement is being done by specific vehicles, tracking is carried out  indirectly through thelocation of the vehicles used for the movement itself.