Report
Teaser, summary, work performed and final results
Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SINSIN (Enhanced PLB, EGNSS receiver, and MEOLUT, according but beyond the standard, significantly improving the localization in difficult conditions, paving the way to a mass market SAR/Galileo service)
Teaser
Problem: Search and Rescue of people in distress, particularly in conditions where the satellites are obscured, such as under trees, by steep rocks, in creek or crevasse.Importance to society - save life of people in distress and reduce search and rescue operating costs...
Summary
Problem: Search and Rescue of people in distress, particularly in conditions where the satellites are obscured, such as under trees, by steep rocks, in creek or crevasse.
Importance to society - save life of people in distress and reduce search and rescue operating costs
Objectives: Enhanced Personal Locator Beacon (PLB), embedded EGNSS receiver, and MEOLUT, implementing innovative technologies complying with the Cospas-Sarsat standards yet significantly improving the localization of slow-moving beacons and on-land activated beacons with restricted sky visibility, paving the way to effective mass market terrestrial Search and Rescue services based on SAR/Galileo.
Work performed
Work done
a. Designed, built and tested the PLB prototype.
b. Implemented and demonstrated communication method between PLB and MEOLUT.
c. Tested, recorded and analysed Time of Emission (TOE) accuracy of the beacon, on which the enhancement of the localization at the MEOLUT is based.
d. Tested and analysed the localization enhancement at the MEOLUT.
e. Developed a prototype of a quasi-isotropic antenna for the beacon, enabling better detection at the satellites.
Summary of the status at the end of the first period
• SINSIN patent granted - EP 3267216, USP 10054663.
• The TESEO GNSS receiver integrated in the beacon.
• SINSIN localization enhancement tested and confirmed at the MEOLUT.
Exploitable results and how they can/will be exploited
a. PLB implementing SINSIN - planned to be launched to the market in 2020.
b. MEOLUT SINSIN option - a software option at the MEOLUT planned to be offered to MEOLUT buyers.
c. TESEO implementing SINSIN – a software option at the TESEO GNSS chipset planned to be offered to beacon manufacturers.
d. SINSIN patents – planned to be licensed to MEOLUT and DF (Direction Finder) manufacturers.
Final results
Impact
- Developing highly innovative and adaptive applications taking advantage of the Galileo added value
Our PLB and MEOLUT take advantage of the Galileo superior geometry compared to present LEOSAR and GEOSAR satellites, to improve the localization accuracy, based on the PLB isotropic antenna, and employing SINSIN, taking advantage of the accurate time keeping of Galileo; moreover, our PLB utilizes the Galileo Return Link Service.
- Clear intention to commercialise the products and services developed
Mobit, Thales Alenia Space and ST have a clear intention to commercialize the new PLB, MEOLUT and GNSS receiver, respectively.
- Improve the MEOSAR performance
The SINSIN method, if applied on all Cospas-Sarsat beacons and MEOLUTs, can significantly upgrade the MEOSAR localization performance, and in certain cases even enable localization where it is presently unachievable at all. Thus, we introduced SINSIN to the Cospas-Sarsat community, proposing to make SINSIN standard by incorporating it into the beacon specifications.
- Standardization
In the course of the first half of the SINSIN project, the following papers were submitted to Cospas-Sarsat, in support of standardizing SINSIN:
• JC-32/8/14
• CSC-61/4/16
• CSC-61/Inf.22
• JC-33/3/4
• JC-33/Inf. TBD
Website & more info
More info: https://www.sinsin-gsa-project.com/.