Real Time Locating Systems RTLS

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Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS)

• Presented by Craig K. Harmon
• NCITS T20, Convener

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Agenda

• Introductions
• Review NCITS Procedures
• Review Approved Work Item
• Distinction between RFID RTLS
• Consistency between T6 T20
• Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Project Editor
• Scope of Standard
• Business Case for RTLS Applications
• New Business
• Schedule of Future Meetings

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Review of NCITS Procedures

• Deborah Donovan

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Intellectual Property

• 1.2.11 ANSI patent policy - Inclusion of Patents
  in American National Standards
• There is no objection in principle to drafting a
  proposed American National Standard in terms that
  include the use of a patented item, if it is
  considered that technical reasons justify this
  approach.
• If the Institute receives a notice that a
  proposed American National Standard may require
  the use of a patented invention, the procedures
  in 1.2.11.1 through 1.2.11.4 shall be followed.
• 1.2.11.1 Statement from patent holder
• Prior to approval of such a proposed American
  National Standard, the Institute shall receive
  from the identified party or patent holder (in a
  form approved by the Institute) either assurance
  in the form of a general disclaimer to the effect
  that such party does not hold and does not
  currently intend holding any invention the use of
  which would be required for compliance with the
  proposed American National Standard or assurance
  that
• d) a license will be made available without
  compensation to the applicants desiring to
  utilize the license for the purpose of
  implementing the standard or
• e) a license will be made available to
  applicants under reasonable terms and conditions
  that are demonstrably free of any unfair
  discrimination
• 1.2.11.2 Record of statement
• 1.2.11.3 Notice
• 1.2.11.4 Responsibility for identifying patents
• ANSI Procedures for the Development and
  Coordination of American National Standards, 2000

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Intellectual Property

• (a) A license shall be made available without
  compensation to applicants desiring to utilize
  the license for the purpose of implementing the
  standard or,
• (b) A license shall be made available to
  applicants under reasonable terms and conditions
  that are demonstrably free of any unfair
  discrimination.
• (c) An assurance of non-assertion will be filed
  with the Patent Office by the effective date of
  ANSI approval of the listed standard.

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Review Approved Work Item

• SD3

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Item Management

• Requires the identification of the item, e.g.,
  RFID
• Requires the location of the item, e.g., RTLS

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Positioning versus Locating

• Positioning Systems define your current position,
  e.g., GPS (Global Positioning System)
• Locating Systems define the location of an asset
  or something remote, e.g., ULD (Unit Load Device)
  Locating System

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Consistency Between T6 and T20

• NCITS T6 (Radio Frequency Identification) used as
  a model the work of IEEE 802.11
• Users want interoperable networks, not separate
  networks for each technology
• NCITS T20 needs to build on the work of NCITS 256
  and IEEE 802.11 and not create yet something new

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Committee Management

• Chair (leadership training required)
• Vice-chair (leadership training required)
• Secretary (leadership training desirable)
• Project Editor (leadership training desirable)
• International Representative
• Work of W5 (February 2001)
• JTC 1 Joint Steering Group (JSG) on Spatial
  Standardization and Related Interoperability
• (leadership training required)
• Vocabulary Rapporteur

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Scope

• A networked location system that provides X-Y
  coordinates and data telemetry utilizing a device
  that autonomously generates a spread spectrum
  radio frequency beacon that can be received at a
  minimum of 300 meters open field separation
  between the transmitter and receiver and is fully
  compliant with global radio frequency regulatory
  requirements. RTLS will allow the user to
  locate, track and manage assets within the
  infrastructure of the system on a real time
  basis. The average location data provided by the
  RTLS are within 3 meters of the actual location
  of the transmitting device. The RF transmissions
  are low power, compatible with, and do not
  interfere with existing standardized wireless
  communication networks.

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Business Case

• What user need(s) does RTLS solve?

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New Business

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Schedule Future Meetings

• There is no reason why standards need to take
  years to develop, technology changes faster than
  that
• Frequency of meetings
• Schedule of meetings
• Location of meetings
• Hosts for meetings

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Thank You!