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News Release from: Nemerix | Subject: NX3 GPS platforms
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 09 August 2007
GPS platforms add assistance for free
NeX Assisted-GPS technology significantly shortens the time it takes for a GPS receiver to acquire satellites and compute an accurate position.
Nemerix now offers NeX (Nemerix Extended Ephemeris) Assisted GPS technology on all Nemerix NX3 GPS platforms Via its patent-pending approach, Nemerix's NeX A-GPS technology significantly shortens the time it takes for a GPS receiver to acquire satellites and compute an accurate position, even in deep-indoor or harsh multipath environments
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 May 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Satellite data is then transferred at one time to a mobile handset or personal navigation device via an extremely small file.
The uniquely small file sise means it can be delivered via a variety of transmission methods, or updated each time a user turns on their handset.
Storing satellite location data in this fashion boosts performance 2x for GPS receivers, by reducing the time it takes to calculate a position on the ground.
NeX delivers a 2-20 second time-to-first-fix (TTFF) capability, under hot-, warm- and cold-start conditions.
This represents a 2x advantage over competing offerings.
NeX also features 33% better accuracy and a file sise one third the sise of other offerings.
NeX is also compliant with SUPL, enabling it to be integrated into any GPS device.
Server independent, NeX is offered at no additional cost on Nemerix platforms.
"With the enormous growth in PNDs and more than 900 million handsets sold yearly, the opportunity to provide location based services to this marketplace is enormous for providers who can address consumers' needs in an easy and affordable way", said Lew Boore, Vice President of Marketing for Nemerix.
"Nemerix has built its entire GPS product line on addressing the needs of our customers to provide the market with differentiated solutions that provide the optimal user experience".
"We're offering NeX for free to fit the business models of cellular operators, handset manufacturers and PND customers".
Research by several leading analysts suggests that the expectations for location based services differ throughout the value chain.
Consumers care more about performance - finding a location immediately, the first time, and every time they use their device; whereas operators and handset manufacturers must also take into account power consumption, cost, and the size of the GPS receiver.
Nemerix's GPS platforms meet the expectations of consumers, operators and handset manufacturers, by providing the lowest power, highest-performance GPS ICs available in the industry today.
Nemerix's roadmap of solutions is targeted toward the needs of customers and consumers in the dynamic location-based world of tomorrow.
NeX technology supports SUPL, C-Plane and is compatible with RRLP and RRC.
It is also interoperable with independent third-party server-side technologies.
The out-of-coverage A-GPS capabilities provided by NeX enable handset manufacturers to develop new and differentiated location-based services with enhanced assisted operation outside of cellular coverage areas.
This "navigate always" technology provides GPS positioning in the most difficult of environments - such as deep indoors, parking garages, in deep urban canyons, and under dense overhead environments - which significantly enhances the user experience and overall customer satisfaction.
NeX by Nemerix is available immediately, at no extra charge to NemeriX customers using NX3.
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