Quuppa AoA
Would you like to integrate Quuppa AoA technology into your IoT solutions? We’ll explain how it works.
What is Quuppa technology?
Quuppa technology, emerged from the eponymous company founded in 2012 by the team from Nokia’s research center that invented high-precision indoor positioning, represents a major advancement in the field of Real-Time Locating Systems (RTLS). Acknowledged as one of the most powerful on the market, it is considered a best-in-class technology in terms of performance. Distinguished by its reliability, versatility, customization, responsiveness, scalability, and exceptional localization precision, it is applicable across various industries. Quuppa adopts an approach closely aligned with Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology while leveraging a more affordable Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth®) chipset. This combination allows Quuppa to provide precise locationing in real-time and efficient management of numerous objects within the same network, positioning it as the ideal solution for environments requiring simultaneous tracking of multiple entities.
Components of a Quuppa Network Infrastructure
The Quuppa infrastructure is based on four key elements which interact in a coordinated way to guarantee an efficient real-time locating system.
Tracking tags
Tracking tags are the key element of the Quuppa infrastructure. These compact and intelligent devices emit radiofrequency signals captured by Locators. Each tag is unique and identifiable, enabling the system to precisely determine the real-time position of each object or person equipped with a tag within the space covered by the Quuppa network. Tracking tags can be also commanded over the air by the system o use different configurations or, for exemple, control actuators like LEDs or buzzers.
Quuppa Positioning Engine
The Quuppa Positioning Engine (QPE) represents the intelligence of the system. It performs advanced calculations to determine the location of tags with high precision based on received signals. This positioning engine is at the core of the process, transforming raw data into real-time location coordinates.
Locators
Quuppa Locators are strategically positioned to receive signals emitted by tracking tags. The 360-degree Locators act as anchor points, capturing information from the tags and transmitting it to the Quuppa Positioning Engine.
Quuppa Platform
Additionally, the Quuppa platform offers a comprehensive toolbox, including essential features such as planning, testing, configuration, installation, management, and integration with other systems. These tools provide users with significant flexibility to customize and optimize the system deployment according to their specific application needs. This integrated approach ensures precise data collection, efficient transmission to the Quuppa Positioning Engine, and flexible tools for overall system management.
Consequently, the Quuppa infrastructure stands as a robust and adaptable solution for diverse applications, ranging from industrial environments to healthcare and logistics sectors.
The Quuppa infrastructure is a robust solution that can be adapted to a wide range of applications, from industrial environments to healthcare, sports, smart buildings and logistics.
Quuppa technology operation and infrastructure
Quuppa’s Angle Of Arrival (AOA) positioning technology is one of the Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) solutions based on calculating the angle formed between a tracking tag and an antenna in a 3D reference frame.
To operate, this technology relies on an infrastructure consisting of Quuppa’s 360° Locators and Quuppa-compatible tracking tags, which are attached to the equipment being tracked or worn by the person to be located. The Locators are placed high enough to cover the largest possible area.
Once the Locators collect data, it is processed and analyzed by the Quuppa Positioning Engine (QPE), a component of the Quuppa Positioning suite. The next step involves using the Southbound DATA API, enabling the extraction of information such as location coordinates, quality index, timestamp, tag ID, zone, etc.
This data is then transferred to the Quuppa Rules and Queries Engines, where it can be used for event management, alerts, report generation, and interfacing with mobile SDKs. The Northbound EVENT API converts this data into an easily understandable format, presenting it on an enterprise IoT platform in the form of maps or dashboards.
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Use cases of Quuppa Technology
Tracking d'outils industriels
Tracking des visiteurs de musée
Tracking des athlètes
Tracking personnel hôspitalier
The excellent precision of Quuppa’s real-time locating system, along with its rapid responsiveness, positions it as a major asset in business digitization projects. This technology finds applications in various sectors, including industry, healthcare, sports, museums, and more.
Industrial tool localization to automate inventory and optimize maintenance
Quuppa’s industrial tool tracking solution offers unparalleled inventory automation and maintenance optimization. Thanks to the technology’s responsiveness, operators can visualize the real-time position of tools with precision up to 1 meter on a map. This instant visibility enables efficient equipment management, facilitating automated inventory and the implementation of predictive maintenance strategies—an essential solution to enhance operational efficiency in industrial environments.
Indoor location of museum visitors to improve visitor experience
Using Quuppa-compatible tags worn by visitors, the museum is transformed into a dynamic digital space. The system instantly adjusts content according to the position of visitors, offering an immersive and captivating experience. Real-time positioning tracks visitors’ movements, triggering content updates such as information, audio guides and interactive elements based on their location in the museum. The integration of Quuppa technology introduces a modern, interactive dimension by digitizing the visitor experience.
Tracking athletes to measure their performance and digitalize the fan experience
By enabling precise assessment of movement and sports performance, this solution offers much more than just measurement. It creates a personalized experience for athletes, helping them to optimize their training and achieve higher levels of performance. It can also be used to digitize the fan experience, through applications that provide access to statistics or pre-order snacks, for example.
Location of hospital staff to ensure their safety
In the event of an emergency, real-time localization with Quuppa technology enables a rapid, coordinated response, ensuring the safety of hospital staff. On a day-to-day basis, it also facilitates the management of human resources, enabling the efficient distribution of personnel according to current needs, thus contributing to better organization of hospital operations.
Why choose Quuppa technology ?
The excellent accuracy of Quuppa’s real-time localization system, and its fast response times, make it a major asset in corporate digitalization projects.
Excellent positioning accuracy
As a real-time localization system (RTLS), Quuppa’s accuracy is among the highest on the market offering outstanding positioning precision, enabling localization with a margin of error of less than 1 meter. This accuracy is crucial for applications requiring extremely precise tracking.
High responsiveness (<1sec)
With a response time of less than 1 second, Quuppa technology guarantees immediate responsiveness, ensuring real-time tracking without delay. Real-time updates and the ability to track positions with millimeter precision make this technology an exceptional choice for applications requiring immediate response to position changes.
Adaptable to project size
Quuppa’s scalability is a major asset, as it allows easy adaptation to the specific size of each project. Whether it’s a small local deployment or a large-scale implementation, Quuppa can be adjusted accordingly.
Interoperability between Bluetooth Low Energy sensors and Quuppa infrastructure
Recent technical developments in Quuppa technology have made this communication protocol interoperable with Bluetooth Low Energy sensors.
Now, in addition to providing location data, the Quuppa intelligent location system can act as a data gateway for a variety of Bluetooth-enabled sensors.
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What alternative technologies to Quuppa for indoor localization ?
Quuppa vs Wirepas
Wirepas technology stands out for its ability to provide precise localization with a margin of error of up to 5 meters. The significant advantage lies in its mesh network architecture, which eliminates the need for complex cabling, resulting in considerably lower installation costs than Quuppa technology.
On the other hand, Quuppa technology excels in terms of location accuracy (>1 m) and responsiveness (> 1 ms). Despite potentially higher installation costs due to its more advanced infrastructure, Quuppa offers superior real-time tracking performance. Its ability to provide highly accurate location data and react instantaneously to movements represents a major advantage in contexts where responsiveness is paramount, such as in industrial environments or advanced security systems. So the choice between Wirepas and Quuppa will depend on the specific requirements of each application, with a trade-off between accuracy, responsiveness and installation costs.
Quuppa vs BLE
BLE technology is a standard communication protocol integrated into a wide range of mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, computers, trackers, routers, etc.), facilitating interoperability between existing peripherals and IT solutions. This ease of integration and its use both indoors and outdoors make this technology a benchmark in the field of connected objects. However, its level of precision is closer to “zoning” (around 5m), which may prove insufficient in some cases, particularly when the objects to be located are small or in very large numbers.
For greater indoor precision, with real-time position refresh, Quuppa remains the optimal choice. Users can, therefore, choose between the versatility of Bluetooth® and the targeted precision of Quuppa, depending on the specific requirements of their application.
