Qualcomm Terrestrial Positioning Service

Qualcomm® Terrestrial Positioning Service

Delivers accurate, battery-efficient geolocation for industrial IoT devices—indoors, outdoors, even offline.

WHY QUALCOMM TPS

Position IoT devices with confidence across challenging environments

Turn location into a value-added advantage that provides operational insights, even in challenging signal environments, all using the Wi-Fi and cellular infrastructure you already have.

Accurate & precise positioning

Premier location services pre-integrated with Qualcomm® chipsets to position industrial IoT devices even in challenging signal environments.

Flexible integration

Add geopositioning to hardware, device, application, or platform using a suite of APIs and software packages. Already available on many Qualcomm-powered devices, and easily enabled on third-party devices.

Battery-efficient approach

Enable always-on or intermittent location using Wi-Fi, cellular, and Bluetooth® Low Energy—alongside or independent of GPS.

Offline location capability

Tokening and caching techniques help devices resolve location when offline or when connectivity returns.

Emergency location support

Helps meet E911 and AML location requirements on connected devices including wearables, and mPERS devices.

Enhanced indoor positioning

Improve indoor positioning capabilities with Bluetooth® beacons when room-level precision matters.

Cloud-based network tuning

Add and tune access points and cellular network cells through cloud APIs.

Uses existing infrastructure

Uses existing Wi-Fi and cellular infrastructure to position devices indoors and globally.

POPULAR USES

Where Qualcomm TPS delivers value

Better visibility can help streamline operations, reduce loss, improve utilization, and protect temperature-sensitive inventory.

Asset tracking and supply chain

Track assets, help enhance employee safety, and optimize frictionless payments.

Retail solutions

Power interactive and regional user experiences, track assets and optimize frictionless payments.

Hospitals and healthcare

Locate employees, medical assets, and patients indoors to help improve equipment utilization, enhance staff safety, and patient monitoring.

Multiple options for easy integration

Flexible integration options make it easier to bring Qualcomm TPS into your technology stack.

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TECH STACK

Integrate at any layer

A variety of software packages, APIs, SDKs, and more make it easy to integrate at any layer of the tech stack, for full-featured and resource-constrained devices.

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PRE-INTEGRATED

Accelerate deployment

Qualcomm TPS is already pre-integrated on many Qualcomm® and Qualcomm Dragonwing™ products, making deployment extremely easy.

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