FLAMINGO

World's First Sub-metre Positioning Service for Smartphones

Toulouse Demonstration Event

Meet-up District, 7 May 2020

Laurent Arzel, Valentin Barreau, Axelle Pomies

Telespazio France, Département Navigation Services Aval
Today’s webinar in a glimpse

Project highlights 30 min

Behind the scene 30 min

 ?? 10 min

Getting your hands dirty 20 min

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Chapter
One.
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FLAMINGO, What is it ?

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The Project ID
Fulfilling enhanced Location Accuracy
in the Mass-market through INitial GalileO services

Funded by European GNSS Agency (GSA)

Horizon 2020 programme
Grant agreement number 776436

36 months
November 2017 - May 2020

http://flamingognss.com
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The overarching goals
 Bring 50cm accuracy positioning Service to the mass market
 Showcase applications in Major European Cities
 Foster new community of Developers and users

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The Consortium
 Technology experts in the fields of GNSS
 Business experts with world leading insights into GNSS markets
 Renowned instructors, facilitators and influential speakers

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The Telespazio Team, Navigation Downstream Department

We are just here

( Come to visit us! )

Axelle Pomies Soufian Ayachi
Laurent Arzel Caroline Morisot-Pagnon
Valentin Barreau Simon Taillefer 3 Rue Tarfaya, 31400 Toulouse, France
Our role in FLAMINGO
Hosting
Monitoring
Maintenance
User management

We provide
the Service
Few words of …GPS GNSS

GNSS Satellite
Position

Signal 1, Signal 2

GNSS Receiver

GNSS Raw measurements: GNSS signals (not processed)

HIGH ACCURACY
GNSS Dual frequency: GNSS signals on two frequencies professional market
The GNSS Mass Market landscape
 GNSS positioning services easily accessible by the general public

 Widely produced, low-cost and common GNSS components

 Smartphones, wearables and IoT

2017,
Android meets Raw GNSS Measurements

https://www.gpsworld.com/google-to-provide-raw-gnss-measurements/
2018,
Dual Frequency hits the mass market
 June 2018,
Xiaomi Mi8, the first smartphone on-boarding
dual frequency chipset (Broadcom BCM4775)

 October 2018,
Huawei Mate 20… Chipset Kirin 980

 January 2020,
Xiaomi Mi9, with the Second generation
Broadcom chipset (BCM47765)
2020,
Mass Market Uptake ?
 2017, Android released Raw measurements API (Android 7+)
 2018, Broadcom and Kirin released Dual frequency chipsets
 2018, Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, (…) implementing Raw measurements and Dual frequency
 2020, FLAMINGO

YOU

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FLAMINGO Demonstrations & Hackathon

GDANSK event – 4/8 May 2020

City bus fleet monitoring demo with IoT devices
Staff car monitoring with IoT devices

LONDON Hackathon – 21/22 March 2020

Smartphone app challenge (Remote)

TOULOUSE event – 1/31 May 2020

Semaine de l’Europe, Envol des pionniers
Free trial and support for App developpers

BARCELONA event – 26 February 2020

Mobile World Congress participation
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Project presentation and live demonstration
FLAMINGO Project outcomes

 FLAMINGO Software suite

 FLAMINGO Machines hosted at TELESPAZIO

 DEMONSTRATION of FLAMINGO Services in Barcelona, Gdansk, Toulouse

… Your VOICE
FLAMINGO in the Medias

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxhVRp5iGNY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2Uea_Hubic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wzzUcUAnjw

https://www.ion.org/publications/abstract.cfm?articleID=15931

https://insidegnss.com/accuracy-for-the-masses-real-time-sub-meter-in-a-consumer-receiver/
https://insidegnss.com/android-developers-enticed-by-half-meter-accuracy-from-smartphone/
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Chapter
Two.
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GNSS

 What does it mean?

Global Navigation Satellite Systems

 4 constellations, each one with 24 to 32 satellites

GPS GALILEO
L1, L2, L5 E1, E5, E6

GLONASS BEIDOU
G1, G2, G3 B1, B2, B3
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GNSS
How does a GNSS receiver work?

 A receiver
 Tracks the GNSS signals for
 Any satellites in view
 Any constellations
 Any frequencies
GNSS Satellite
 GNSS raw measurements generation
 2 types: pseudorange (𝜌) and phase (φ)

GNSS Receiver
 Computes its own position with the help of
the GNSS measurements

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GNSS
How does a GNSS receiver work?

 A receiver
 Tracks the GNSS signals for
 Any satellites in view
 Any constellations
GNSS receiver
 Any frequencies
GNSS signal tracking

 GNSS raw measurements generation

𝜌 𝜑
 2 types: pseudorange (𝜌) and phase (φ)

Position computation
 Computes its own position with the help of
the GNSS measurements

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GNSS
How does a GNSS receiver work?

 Standard positioninig techniques use

the pseudoranges to compute the GNSS receiver
receiver position
GNSS signal tracking
𝜌 𝜑
 Advanced positioning techniques use
the phase to compute the receiver Standard Advanced
position Pos. Pos.
 RTK and PPP reserved to high-end
receivers

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Advanced positioning techniques
RTK & PPP

 Advanced positioning techniques require:

 To use pseudoranges and phase measurements
to compute the position
 To use extra information coming from base
stations (BS)

Advanced GNSS
receiver
GNSS signal tracking

𝜌 𝜑
Extra Advanced
information positioning

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Advanced positioning techniques
RTK & PPP
 RTK
 A nearby BS provides GNSS
measurements (𝜌BS and 𝜑𝐵𝑆 )
 The receiver position is computed
from:
 its own measurements (𝜌rec and Advanced GNSS
𝜑 𝑟𝑒𝑐 ) receiver
 the BS measurements (𝜌BS and 𝜑 𝐵𝑆 ) GNSS signal tracking

𝜌 𝜑
GNSS
 Nearby BS constraint but fast measurements
from BS
position accuracy convergence RTK positioning

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 Advanced positioning techniques
RTK & PPP
PPP
algorithm
PPP
 PPP corrections

 PPP corrections (satellite orbit

and clock) are computed
thanks to a worldwide BS
network
Advanced GNSS
 Valid anywhere (no nearby receiver
BS constraint) GNSS signal tracking

 Slow position accuracy 𝜌 𝜑

convergence

PPP positioning

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You know everything!

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GNSS in smartphones

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GNSS in smartphones

 Before 2017, Google (Android) was

providing to users: Android
 Only a standard position
GNSS chipset
GNSS signal tracking
𝜌 𝜑

Standard Advanced
Pos. Pos.

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GNSS in smartphones

 Since 2017, Google (Android) is providing

to users: Android
 A standard position AND raw
measurements GNSS chipset
GNSS signal tracking
𝜌 𝜑

Standard Advanced
Pos. Pos.

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GNSS in smartphones

 2020, Flamingo provides to users a position

computed with advanced techniques Android
GNSS chipset
GNSS signal tracking

Advanced 𝜌 𝜑
Pos.
RTK / PPP

Standard Advanced
Pos. Pos.

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GNSS in smartphones

Typical Smartphone Precise positioning

3-5m 0.5<m
 Can we meet the accuracy?
 GNSS is a low priority on smartphone
 The antenna is buried
 Bad signal reception, lots of interferences
 Also limited by the environment, most people are in cities
 All in all, smartphones are not nice GNSS devices
Applications of a high accuracy positioning service?

 < 50cm accuracy was concluded as target for FLAMINGO

 Applications enabled by FLAMINGO (horizontal accuracy 10-50 cm)

 Applications benefitting from FLAMINGO (horizontal accuracy around 1m)
 Applications with limited market size (market size below 100,000)
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FLAMINGO Service

 Flamingo provides an accurate position

 Updated every second in real-time

 To authenticated users

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FLAMINGO Performance

 Both technologies (PPP and RTK) are used in Flamingo

 RTK shows good performance

 PPP filter still needs improvements

to reach interesting accuracies

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FLAMINGO Limitations

 Service current limitations:

 PPP not yet available
 The user can beneficiate of an accurate from the FLAMINGO service
only if a GNSS Base Station is in the vicinity of the user (10km)

10km

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 Towards Integration

 Free testing proposed to developpers willing to try the Flamingo service

 Details about the free testing and integration in Chapter 4

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Chapter
Three.
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 Don’t be shy
Something that you want to know ?

JUST SAY IT.

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Chapter
Four.
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FLAMINGO SDK
Requirements

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5/14/2020

FLAMINGO SDK
Requirements

 Only works on Android 7+ smartphones

 FLAMINGO currently does not work if an application is set in the

background. Make sure the phone is active and not in a stand-by mode.

 An internet connection is compulsory to receive the Flamingo corrections

 FLAMINGO uses GNSS satellites (GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, BEIDOU).

 Necessary to be outside to receive satellite signals and test the API

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FLAMINGO SDK
Requirements

 The users needs to use a smartphone with raw measurements

activated:
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/sensors/gnss

 Pseudorange / HW Dual frequency

clock (by default)
 Carrier phase
(compulsory) Carrier phase
 Dual frequency
(optional but prefered)

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FLAMINGO SDK
Requirements

 The users needs to use a smartphone with raw measurements

activated:
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/sensors/gnss

 However, the SDK has only been tested with:

 Huawei P10
 Xiaomi Mi8
 Samsung S8
 Samsung S9

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FLAMINGO SDK
Integration

 The FLAMINGO SDK consists of a library to be integrated in application in

need of accurate positioning

 Very easy integration

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FLAMINGO SDK
Integration

 All public JAVA classes are documented online:

 http://flamingosdk.com/android/

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FLAMINGO SDK
Integration

 We provide an integration notice with all the steps

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FLAMINGO SDK
Integration

 SDK integration only tested with nativ application

 Frameworks for hybrid applications not tested yet

 Ionic
 Cordova
 …

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Voice of early adopters

 TELESPAZIO GeoAdventice solution – Lilian VALETTE

 AGENIUM GIS App – Joel CASTETS

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Now, it’s your turn

 Free testing of the service until 31st of May 2020

 Terms of Use to be signed
 Credentials+SDK to be provided by TPZ
 Support for integration

 Exchanges with testers for feedback

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Conclusions.

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What you should take away

We are showcasing the future of High Accuracy positioning in Smartphones

JUST TRY IT.

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 Axelle POMIES
Head of Navigation Downstream Department
axelle.pomies@telespazio.com
M +33 (0) 6 17 33 71 67

Laurent ARZEL Valentin BARREAU

Navigation Downstream Department Navigation Downstream Department
GNSS Project Leader GNSS Project Technical Leader
laurent.arzel@telespazio.com valentin.barreau@telespazio.com
M +33 (0) 6 81 98 30 78 M +33 (0) 6 68 14 47 29

http://telespazio.fr
https://www.linkedin.com/company/telespazio-france