Core Zone Working Group
Who we are:
We are experts in radio technology and especially ultra-wide band, a brand new radio that enables centimeter level tracking even in adverse conditions (typically applicable to industrial applications) and that enjoys a big success in consumer applications.
Our responsibility is to specify the core-zone radio protocol so that any omlox-compliant device entering an omlox-compliant area benefits of tracking services plug'n play.
Our mission:
We are accountable for the full interoperability of omlox devices and infrastructures over the air. The radio interface (both at physical and protocol levels) is our scope.
We specify interactions between 2 entities: the infrastructure as a whole on one hand, the device to be tracked on the other hand.
Furthermore, we marke sure that off-the-shelf components can be used in order to minimize the cost of ownership. For that we align as much as possible on the trends in large volume markets (Consumer, Automotive, Home automation).
Key Acitivities:
- Edition of the protocol specifications
- Regulation, monitoring and lobbying
- Contribution to adjacent standards (IEEE, FiRa)
- Maintenance of the specifications based on feedback from first implementations
- Consideration of new use cases and their impact on the radio interface
Expert Target Group:
- Architects and designers of UWB chipsets
- Radio protocol engineers
- Device architects and designers
- Regulators
- Standard editors
Cooperations with other omlox Working Groups:
We are getting input from the use case working group, analyzing use cases that may affect the radio protocol. We provide input and get feedback from the certification working group, who is in charge of enforcing compliance to our specifications at the device level. We exchange with the Hub and PI working group when use cases may affect the interface between the radio infrastructure and the hub.
Key Achievements:
- Edition of omlox Core Zone specification v1 (proprietary standard, back in 2020) and upgrade to v2 (802.15.4z compatible)
- Influence of the European regulation to be more favorable to industrial tracking use cases.
- Contribution to IEEE new generation UWB standard, 802.15.4ab
