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Localization for connected trackers
Learn how the locations of your assets are captured.
Localization techniques
Learn about different localization technologies that are used by Sensolus trackers.
Network localization
Insights on how Sensolus trackers use network base stations information for localization.
Cellular network localization
Description of the cellular or NB-IoT network localization

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Sensolus platform
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- Platform navigation
- Asset management
  Learn how to manage and customize your assets.
- Infrastructure management
  Learn how to manage and customize your infrastructure (for example, geobeacons or BLE zone anchors).
- Localization introduction
  What do we mean with a tracker location? What is the value of knowing your asset's location? and how are locations calculated on the Sensolus platform?
- Localization for connected trackers
  Learn how the locations of your assets are captured.
  - Location technologies for trackers
    To optimize the battery lifetime, Sensolus connected trackers are not capturing locations continuously. Several localization strategies are explained in this chapter.
  - Localization techniques
    Learn about different localization technologies that are used by Sensolus trackers.
    - GNSS / GPS localization
      How do Sensolus trackers use GNSS technology for localization?
    - Network localization
      Insights on how Sensolus trackers use network base stations information for localization.
      - Sigfox network localization
      - Cellular network localization
        Description of the cellular or NB-IoT network localization
      - Network localization
        Some more insights on how network localizations are captured and when they are shown on the platform.
    - Wi-Fi localization
      Insights on how Sensolus trackers use Wi-Fi technology for localization.
    - Geobeacon localization
      Insights on how Sensolus trackers use Bluetooth geobeacon technology for localization.
    - Quuppa high precision localization
      Learn how Sensolus trackers can be used in combination with the Quuppa intelligent locating system .
  - Difference between journey and location
    Explanation on the differences between what you see on the journey and location tab of a tracker.
  - Localization insights
    Insights on the location of your assets are presented on dashboards, maps and in list. Learn where you can see them.
- Localization for BLE tag trackers
  Learn about the different components of a BLE tag tracking solution and its configuration.
- Information on network operator used by device
  Explanation on where to find information on the network operator your device is currently using.
- Utilization
  Learn how the utilization of your asset fleet can be monitored.
- Geozones
  Learn how to optimize process flows by getting more out of the location information of your assets by using geozones.
- Flows
  Learn how to monitor the rotations of flows of your assets through the supply chain.
- Maintenance
  Learn how to keep your asset fleet maintained in a timely and optimally way.
- Environmental sensing
  Learn how to follow up the conditions of your assets beyond location and activity.
- Dashboards
  Here you can learn about the different types of dashboard on the Sensolus platform.
- Alerts and reports
  Learn how to be notified in case of anomalies in your business processes and how to extract reports with relevant data.
- Customization
  Learn about the different ways to customize the Sensolus platform to your personal preferences.
- User management
  Learn how to manage users, permissions and security.
- Partner account features
  Learn about platform features only available to Sensolus partner accounts aimed at efficiently serving your customers and managing multiple organizations.
- API Integration
  All explanation on how to integrate with the Sensolus platform.
- 3rd party integrations
  Integrations with devices or platforms and the Sensolus platform.
- General information on the platform
  Everything that is not specifically related to a service but tells you something about the general characteristics of the Sensolus platform and solution
Sensolus Mobile app
Information on the Sensolus mobile app.
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Information on all Sensolus hardware devices
Release notes
Stay up to date with the new and updated features and devices and read the latest updates on our services.
Glossary
Learn to know the most important terms and keywords used on the platform

Cellular network localization

Description of the cellular or NB-IoT network localization

When the tracker communicates over the cellular network it will be connected to a single cell tower. Therefore the message is only received by that specific cell tower. The tracker itself knows the ID of the cell tower where it is connected to. An estimation of the tracker location can be resolved using the platform, which is aware of the locations of all cell towers. However, because there is only one cell tower, no triangulation can be performed. The distance between the tracker and connected cell tower can be large. As a result, the accuracy of cellular network localization is low (order of magnitude: 100m to kilometers). The tracker sends a small message to the cloud that forces the tracker to connect to the network cell tower. In contrary to Sigfox network messages, this message is almost always live over the cellular or NB-IoT network.

It is possible to visualize the coverage maps of the providers on the Sensolus map as a geolayer.