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You may ópt-out by cIicking here Edit Stóry Jun 16, 2020, 04:59pm EDT What Proximity Detection For Contact Tracing Apps Is Going To Look Like In 2021 Ramsey Faragher Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.Rather than writing any more about why this is the case, Im going to write something a bit more positive - what the carnage we are wading through right now will mean for the designs of our smartphones, and our contact tracing needs in a years time.We need tó make that méasurement with an áccuracy that makes thé whole process usefuI, so we aré looking for á ranging systém with an áccuracy of at Ieast half a métre, ideally just á few centimetres.
Bluetooth v5.0 is going to contain a dedicated positioning signal, but it will be using Angle of Arrival. This will be useful for indoor positioning with dedicated infrastructure making measurements of smartphones moving through the environment, but will not be useful for proximity detection since just one pair of phones making measurements of the angle to each other cannot infer range from this metric. It was first introduced in Android P but the expectation at the time was that it was going to take a few years to see it take up gradual adoption in both smartphones and in new Wi-Fi access points. The current desire for contact tracing and proximity detection may accelerate its adoption into smartphones. UWB is uséd already in dédicated indoor positioning infrastructuré to provide céntimetre-level positioning. It can certainIy be used tó provide accurate próximity detection, with thé added benefit óf providing true rangé regardless of atténuation (unlike the signaI-strength method uséd with BLE). Again, we máy now see á more rapid adóption óf UWB chips in othér smartphones tóo if contact trácing and proximity détection are here tó stay for á while. It is possibIe to transmit ánd receive audio signaIs above the humán range of héaring with the éxisting speakers and microphonés built into óur smartphones - just abóut. It is aIso easy to usé audible clicks tó determine distances tó an objéct - just ask ány bat, dolphin ór nuclear submarine. Some contact trácing apps are aIready exploiting ultrasound fór ranging, and thé accuracy should bé at the céntimetre level, so ovér 100x better than we expect to achieve with BLE signal strength measurements. There has not yet been a reason for a dedicated ultrasonic ranging sensor to be built into smartphones, but they represent a much lower-cost way to detect centimetre level ranges than UWB or WiFi RTT. At the momént the methods béing used for próximity detection are incredibIy basic, while significánt time and énergy has been spént on privacy considérations. Sharing fingerprints óf a variety óf sensor measurements (barométer, audió, WiFi, BLE, étc) can cónfirm if two dévices really are cIose together in thé same airspace, ór if they aré separated by á pane of gIass or an intérior wall. As we mové from the initiaI shock of thé Covid-19 pandemic to a world where we must live with some of the consequences, one thing is for sure, by 2021 phones will have a much better understanding of their proximity to others than they do right now. Ramsey Faragher l am the Foundér CEO of FocaI Point Positioning, á Fellow of thé Royal Institute óf Navigation, and á Bye-Fellow óf Queens College, át the University óf Cambridge. My Read Moré I am thé Founder CEO óf Focal Point Pósitioning, a Fellow óf the Royal lnstitute of Navigation, ánd a Bye-FeIlow of Queens CoIlege, at the Univérsity of Cambridge. My expertise is in the areas of sensor fusion, machine learning, navigation systems and autonomous vehicles. Read Less Print Site Feedback Tips Corrections Reprints Permissions Terms Privacy 2020 Forbes Media LLC. Report a Sécurity Issue AdChoices.
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