1. Indoor Location Accuracy
Document No:
GSC-19_108
Source:
IEEE-SA
Contact:
Dr. Kevin W. Lu,
Agenda Item:
3.8
Indoor Location Accuracy
Dr. Kevin W. Lu, IEEE-SA

2. Needs for Indoor Location Accuracy
Survey of emergency (9-1-1) dispatchers finds many indoor callers cannot be located on wireless phones:
76% of calls come from wireless phones
64% of those wireless calls are made from inside buildings
Source: survey-release_final.pdf

3. Indoor Location Accuracy Requirements
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) updated rules to include wireless indoor E911 location accuracy requirements:
Dispatchable location metric
Z-axis metric
Source: indoor-e911-location-accuracy-requirements-0

4. IEEE 802.11 Next Generation Positioning Study Group
Next Generation Positioning (NGP) is a new study group within the IEEE working group:
Needs of a station to identify its absolute and relative position to another station or stations
Draft Project Authorization Request (PAR) for amendment to the IEEE Std
Source:

5. A Member of Global Standards Collaboration