What’s The Difference Between Measuring Location By UWB, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth? (.PDF Download)

Feb. 6, 2015

More devices being made these days need to track their location as they move around. Though best known in smartphone applications, particularly in terms of GPS and now the onset of indoor location, it’s making its way into a wide variety of other devices—from wireless toys to consumer drones, from keychains that want to be found to shopping carts tracked around a store. Buzzwords used to describe these devices include Internet of Things, wearable-computing smart devices, smart-home devices, connected appliances, and others. The common element among them all is the desire to track their position...

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