Michigan Technological University

TrackerDLN presents a comprehensive solution that addresses the two key technology innovations that are required for accurate 3-D geolocation services in environments where GPS is unreliable and/or not available: accurate geolocation and a reliable net-work that can relay that location to the incident command in an actionable timeframe. The core innovation of TrackerDLN is the use of Data Logistics Networking (DLN) technology, which creates an ad-hoc network that provides asynchronous, yet reliable data transfer in situations of uncertain connectivity. This assumption of little or no network connectivity means that TrackerDLN will be deployable in any type of scenario – whether that be high rise, wide rise, underground environments, or rugged terrain. Data is transferred seamlessly among devices without any action by the end user, al-lowing for locations to be transmitted back to the incident command without requiring any additional work from the first responder. TrackerDLN provides geolocation via a combination of smart sensor based dead-reckoning with location-refining measurements obtained by measuring signal strengths of the DLN network among the deployed devices. The dead-reckoning algo-rithm employed expands on current state-of-the-art services that provide accurate 2-D location to a solution that also provides a reliable vertical measurement. Inherently us-ing the properties of the underlying ad-hoc network gives a solution that becomes more accurate as more devices are deployed on the network, allowing for this solution to be used in both large and small response events. As the solution provided by TrackerDLN is inherently software-based, the system can be deployed either via custom-built hardware configurations that are easily transporta-ble or through direct integration with existing First Responder equipment deployments that are already outfitted with wifi/Bluetooth and basic compute capabilities. Hardware configurations are available in a variety of form factors to meet users’ specific SWaP requirements, including larger models that can be housed in ruggedized cases the size of a small shoe box down to smaller models that can fit in the palm of your hand.

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TrackerDLN presents a comprehensive solution that addresses the two key technology innovations that are required for accurate 3-D geolocation services in environments where GPS is unreliable and/or not available: accurate geolocation and a reliable net-work that can relay that location to the incident command in an actionable timeframe.
The core innovation of TrackerDLN is the use of Data Logistics Networking (DLN) technology, which creates an ad-hoc network that provides asynchronous, yet reliable data transfer in situations of uncertain connectivity. This assumption of little or no network connectivity means that TrackerDLN will be deployable in any type of scenario – whether that be high rise, wide rise, underground environments, or rugged terrain. Data is transferred seamlessly among devices without any action by the end user, al-lowing for locations to be transmitted back to the incident command without requiring any additional work from the first responder.
TrackerDLN provides geolocation via a combination of smart sensor based dead-reckoning with location-refining measurements obtained by measuring signal strengths of the DLN network among the deployed devices. The dead-reckoning algo-rithm employed expands on current state-of-the-art services that provide accurate 2-D location to a solution that also provides a reliable vertical measurement. Inherently us-ing the properties of the underlying ad-hoc network gives a solution that becomes more accurate as more devices are deployed on the network, allowing for this solution to be used in both large and small response events.
As the solution provided by TrackerDLN is inherently software-based, the system can be deployed either via custom-built hardware configurations that are easily transporta-ble or through direct integration with existing First Responder equipment deployments that are already outfitted with wifi/Bluetooth and basic compute capabilities. Hardware configurations are available in a variety of form factors to meet users’ specific SWaP requirements, including larger models that can be housed in ruggedized cases the size of a small shoe box down to smaller models that can fit in the palm of your hand.