Ekahau

Wi-Fi based RTLS Tracking And Communication Solutions

RTLSvsRFID TypicalAttributes
Standardizedglobally Supportedbymany Manyapplications Multiindustry Proprietary Vendorspecific Varyingfrequencies VaryingRFmethods IEEEstandards Plugandplay Globalfrequency IPbased(IPV6)

PassiveRFID
Identification Read&Write

ActiveRFID
Identification Read&Write Location 1wayButton

WiFiRTLS
Identification Read&Write Location 2WayButtons Acknowledgements 2waymessaging Tagalerts Telemetry/Control Virtualtags(SW)

TypicalCapabilities

OneEnterpriseWirelessInfrastructure
StandardWLANinfrastrcutureistodayusedcampuswide forEnterpriseData andVoice ANDLOCATION purposes.*

DATA

VOICE

LOCATION

802.11WiFi 802.11WiFi

Ekahauisthe#1worldwideleaderandexpertintheWiFibased assetandpeopletrackingmarket(WiFiRTLS).
*AccordingtoFrost&Sullivanreport90%+U.S.HospitalsalreadyhaveWiFiinstalled

ROIDriversforRTLS

AssetTracking AssetTracking

1. ImproveAssetUtilization 1. ImproveAssetUtilization 2. Eliminateexcessinventory/leasing 2. Eliminateexcessinventory/leasing 3. Improvemaintenanceprocess 3. Improvemaintenanceprocess

ProcessVisibility ProcessVisibility

1. ImproveprocessthroughWIPvisibility 1. ImproveprocessthroughWIPvisibility 2. Eliminatebottlenecks 2. Eliminatebottlenecks 3. Improveworkflow 3. Improveworkflow

Safety&Security Safety&Security

1. Trackemployeesinhazardousareas 1. Trackemployeesinhazardousareas 2. PanicButtonalerts 2. PanicButtonalerts 3. Mandownalertswithmotionsensor 3. Mandownalertswithmotionsensor

RTLS whatsinitforBiomed?
1. Increasedproductivity
Shorteningtimetofindassetsforpreventivemaintenanceandclinicalusepurposes Knowingwhereahiddenitemisforpatientuse Helpdetermineofanitemisinuse KnowingwhereequipmentisforPMsincreaseproductivityandreduceovertime Helpwithrecalls Knowingwheretogoinsteadofwalkingthefloors Schedulingtimewhenequipmentisavailable Knowingtheexactstaffmemberlocationinemergencyinrealtime Knowingwhereassetsareforuse Shortentimerentalequipmentstaysonsite Abletoloweritemspurchasedforuse Domorewithless Helppreventitemswalkingoutthedoor Helpdepartmentkeeptrackoftheirownequipment

2. Increasedassetutilization

3. Reduceovertime

4.

Helpmanageworkflowmoreefficiently

5. Reducecostofrentalequipment

6. Reduceoverheadinsomecases

7. Reducelostofequipment

LocationTrackinginHospitals CustomerCaseExample:CHS

Customer: CarolinasHealthcareSystem 6Facilities,over3msq.ftandgrowing SystemwideBeds5000+ EkahauRTLS: 4000+T301ATags SWClient(trackingThinkpads&PDAs) 90%deployedbythecustomerstaff OneremoteEkahauserverservingall facilities Requirements: TrackInfusionpumps&Ventilators Network: CiscoAutonomous CiscoLWAPP ROI: Capitalbudgetsavingsthroughreduced numberofequipmentandleasingprograms Improvedpreventingmaintenanceprocess
CopyrightEkahau,Inc.20002008

Featured as cover story on Nov 2008 issue of Integrated Solutions Magazine

WiFiRTLS SystemComponents
EkahauRTLS
AturnkeyWIFIRTLSfortrackingthelocationandstatusofassets, inventoryandpeople. AdisruptivesolutiontoactiveRFID andotheractivetaggingsystems IncludesopenSDKandAPIforquickapplication/ERPintegration EkahauVisionbrowserbasedapplicationforenduserGUI BOTHAssociatingandBeaconingmodesavailablefortags Varietyoftagtypesforasset&personneltracking,temperature measurement,etc

EkahauSiteSurvey
ThemostcomprehensivesitesurveytoolforWiFinetworkcoverage mapvisualizationandoptimization IncludesoffsiteWiFiPlanner,ReportingToolandGPSoptionfor outdoorsurveys ReportstheestimatedlocationtrackingaccuracyforanyWiFinetwork, andpreparesthenetworkforRTLSuse
Ekahau Solutions: Only Software and Tags! Ekahau Solutions: Only Software and Tags!
CopyrightEkahau,Inc.20002008

PatentedRSSIModelingApproachforIndoorPositioning
1. Activemeasurementsofall RSSIdatafromeachaccess pointistakenviaWiFiSite Survey.RFcharacteristics suchasmultipath reflectionsarerecordedand donotharmsignal measurementorlocation accuracy. 2. Sitesurveydataisstoredin thelocationserver 3. Basedonthesitesurvey dataandtheinformation receivedfromthetag/client, theserversoftware calculatestherealtime locationusingthepatented probabilisticalgorithms.
EkahaupatentstatusinApril2009:ninepatentsapprovedworldwide,sixpending

EkahauT301AWiFiTag
For real-time asset tracking: Ekahaus3rd GenerationWIFITag BasedonG2MicrosystemsSOC BuiltinCPU,802.11bradio,fullIPstack,motion sensor,memoryandpowercircuitry Attachmentviabeltclip,wallmount,tiewrap,clipetc. Opticaltamperswitchdetectsunauthorizedremovalof thetag Twocallbuttons OTA(OvertheAir)configurationandalerting ProgrammablesignalLEDsandcustomizablebuzzer NonrechargeableCR2batteriesforoverfiveyear batterylife. SupportsWEPtoWPA2PSK HybridAssociatingandBeaconingmodes

EkahauT301B PersonnelBadgeandPager
For real-time staff tracking and communication: BasedonG2MicrosystemsSOC SupportsT301Afeatures(Excludingtamper) Rechargeablebattery Securityswitchforstrapapplications GraphicalOLEDdisplayoption LEDandbuzzerfunctionality Motionsensor Interfaceforexternalpower Interfaceforexternalsensoror3rdpartydevices Twowaypager/SMSfunctionality Multiplebuttonsforscrolling Browserlikeinterface HybridAssociatingandBeaconingmodes

EkahauT301t forWirelessTemperatureMeasurement
The T-301t series of temperature sensors complement the Ekahau tag family by adding advanced wireless temperature sensing, alerting and auditing capabilities.

TheEkahautemperaturesensorproductsare targetedtowards:
Healthcare
Medications,TissueSamples,Blood,Food,etc.including Cryogenicapplications)

ColdChainLogistics
Refrigeratedtrailers,containers,coolersandtotes.

Retail
Instore,backroomanddistributioncenterfreezersand refrigerators

Other
Mining,manufacturing,powergeneration

The Ekahau T-301t Sensor performance metrics have been gauged to comply with: Healthcare Joint Commission and FDA requirements for specimen, medication and food monitoring. Food Industry FDA food monitoring requirements

TemperatureHistory

EkahauRTLS ThreeStepInstallation:
PerformSiteSurvey
walkaroundthesiteoncefor RFpresurvey

2 2

WiFi

InstallSoftware

Client

1 1
Server

3 3

StartTaggingandTracking!
AnyWiFiclientsofWiFitags

EkahauPositioningEngineSW FloorPlanmaps EkahauApplications

AnyWiFinetwork

CopyrightEkahau,Inc.20002008

RTLSCompetition/TechnologyComparision
Comparing 1000 tag RTLS systems in a hospital environment w/room accuracy :
Location Accuracy

Bed

Floor/ Department

Ekahau WiFiRTLS Generic WiFinetwork positioning1)

NonWiFi Based RTLS: (UWB,Zigbee, Chokepoints, TDOA, Ultrasound)2)

Campus/ Building

Room

$100k

$200k

$400k+

Total System Cost for 1000 tags + sw

1) 2)

Competition: using Cisco, Aruba, etc network controller softwares for positioning, with Aeroscout or Ekahau tags and separate application software Competition: Turnkey RTLS vendors such as Aeroscout, Radianse, Sonitor Technologies, Awarepoint, Ubisense, Wherenet, Radarfind

RTLSTechnologyComparision

AstestedbyBerlinInstituteofTechnology Published2008inIEEEComputerSocietymagazine:ITProfessional

CopyrightEkahau20002008

ExampleHospitalCase1/3

ActualU.S.Hospitalcase2008,examplefloor: 28000sqftfloorarea 10existingCiscoLWAPPaccesspoints 37minspentforwalkthroughcalibration

ExampleHospitalCase2/3
10 existing Cisco LWAPP access points, for Data/Voice use No additional access points or other HW added for RTLS

ExampleHospitalCase3/3
After Ekahau site survey process, the visual report shows the expected location accuracy per each location:

Average tracking accuracy: 8ft Floor accuracy (4 floors): 100% Acceptable for hospital operational use

EkahauCustomerandPartnerExamples:
Samplingofcustomers:

MajorDistributors:

WiFiPartners

SystemIntegratorpartners:

Technologypartners:

CopyrightEkahau20002008

NewMajorPartnersin1Q09

Signed CCX Certification agreement March 09

Launch HP ProCurve partnership

Worldwide co-marketing agreement

EKAHAU:OPENEASYACCURATE

OPEN

Ekahau RTLS works with any Wi-Fi vendors network, as any standard Wi-Fi application. Vendor agnostic means you do not have to question the compatibility of your Wi-Fi network; all you need is to make sure the network is stanadard IEEE 802.11.

EKAHAU:OPENEASYACCURATE

EASY

Ekahau RTLS can be deployed over existing Wi-Fi network faster than any other asset tracking solution on the market. The unique site survey process secures a rapid installation and reports the expected location accuracy on each location prior to deployment.

EKAHAU:OPENEASYACCURATE

ACCURATE

On top of your enterprise-grade Wi-Fi network, Ekahau RTLS does NOT require additional hardware infrastructure, chokepoints, or additional Wi-Fi APs, and is still capable of delivering excellent accuracy to enable mission critical applications.

EkahauinaNutshell
Ekahauwasfoundedin2000asaspinofffrom theCOSCOgroupoftheHelsinkiUniversityin Finland Ekahaulocationalgorithms:asolidscientific innovation Firstcommercialproductlaunchin2002: Industryfirst WiFibasedtrackingsystem Today100sofcustomersaroundtheworld Over100certifiedresellersworldwide Severalworldwidedistributors,suchasHewlett Packard,3MCompany,McKesson,Siemens, Fluke,Nortel,Aruba,etc 12patentsfiledonitscoretechnologyinEurope, AsiaandtheU.S.

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