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Nowadays, the location of people, equipment, and objects are critical for the efficient use of resources and management of onsite events and trade fairs. Up to now, indoor location systems had been based on technologies such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, which provide insufficient precision. i2CAT’s Contact Tracing Solution relies on Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) technology, which allows data to be transmitted at high speed over short distances with a precision of less than 30 cm and low energy consumption.
Thus, this solution enables indoor real-time location tracking with high accuracy, allowing the monitoring of safety distances between visitors at trade fairs. The solution has been designed and developed by i2CAT in partnership with Fira de Barcelona, TIC Salut Social and Mobile World Capital.
Visitors wearing a badge with embedded UWB BLE technology are tracked by the antennas installed in the premises, and their position is periodically reported to a remote platform. The information collected allows the platform to measure the distance between visitors and subsequently raise an alert when safety distance is not maintained.
This solution can also be used for contact tracing if a visitor, exhibitor or staff member is diagnosed with Covid-19. By sampling and processing data in real-time, the system is capable of determining their contacts, including the location and the duration of the contact.
We look forward to your visit to show you the technology in action while discussing how some of the assets developed by i2CAT—available for licensing—can be leveraged in new applications in environments such as logistics or Industry 4.0.
Preventing Covid in enclosed spaces
28/06/2021 In less than a year and a half, the world has had to learn from a situation that was difficult to imagine. Medicine and technology have devised methods to fight against the coronavirus. In this year’s Mobile World Congress you will be able to see demonstrations of how the communications technology and 5G can help in times of a pandemic. The internet research and development centre i2CAT decided to investigate how to set up a contact tracing system in a closed space. In a collaboration project with the Fira, they resorted to ultra-wideband technology.