Development of IMES Installation, Setup and Management System

Dinesh Manandhar, Hideyuki Torimoto

Abstract:	IMES is a technology to provide 3-D indoor position data. The IMES transmitter broadcasts position (latitude, longitude, height and floor ID) and other data embedding them into the navigation message. Existing and future GPS receivers can process IMES signal by updating only the firmware. The receiver decodes the navigation message and provides 3-D position data broadcasted by the transmitter and hence it is neither necessary to have multiple units of transmitter nor estimation of pseudorange between the transmitter and the receiver. In order to provide indoor positioning and navigation data for users, it is necessary to deploy IMES devices effectively in terms of cost, space and management. The installation of IMES needs to set up PRN ID, transmitter power level, position data (Latitude, Longitude, Height), Floor ID and other device specific data. We have developed IMES Installation, Setup and Management System to facilitate IMES deployment so that cost and time can be minimized. The system will also help ordinary service providers to deploy IMES efficiently. The system is divided into four parts (a) IMES Setup Tool (b) IMES Database Management Tool (c) IMES 3-D Mapping Tool and (d) IMES Signal Propagation Tool. In this paper we present the details of each tool.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 24th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2011) September 20 - 23, 2011 Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon Portland, OR
Pages:	1507 - 1513
Cite this article:	Manandhar, Dinesh, Torimoto, Hideyuki, "Development of IMES Installation, Setup and Management System," Proceedings of the 24th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2011), Portland, OR, September 2011, pp. 1507-1513.
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