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Locating & Communication Systems

For more than 20 years high frequency and microwave technology, positioning and wireless communication have been core areas of expertise at Fraunhofer IIS. Our developments in these areas are the basis for numerous trends currently dominating the research landscape. Our highly qualified and experienced team of almost 50 scientists has convinced numerous small, medium and large scale businesses which now benefit from our knowledge and innovative power. We are your contact point to a large network of research organizations, associations and industry and we support our customers through the entire process chain from product conception to the final product. Our research and development focus is on the areas antennas, wireless communication and positioning. Application areas are logistics, production, safety and automotive engineering, sports and recreation, as well as media and medical technology and many more.

Services

Offer

The choice is yours: We offer technological consulting, independent tests and measurements or full product development. Collaboration with Fraunhofer IIS is individually tailored to suit our customer’s objectives. We provide expert advice based on technical and economic analyses, in-depth feasibility studies, research and development contracts and partnerships, as well as licensing possibilities, services like independent tests and measurements, as well as various basic technologies for integrated circuits.

Our portfolio of products and services is divided in three basic categories:

Technology

Technologies are the expert knowledge, procedures and methods derived from previous projects, which are applied in current and future projects and products.

Projects

Research and development projects and the collective projects with renowned partners from industry are aimed at developing new technologies and to open up a market for them.

Products

Many of our technologies result in new and innovative products. All technologies can be purchased directly with us or with selected distribution partners.

 

Technology

The following gives a brief introduction to all basic technologies available for customer R&D projects.

Antennas

Being the centerpiece of wireless communication technology, the antenna is essential to ensure feasible performance and quality of radio systems. Tailored to fit your specific requirements, our antennas guarantee the highest level of precision and reliability. We offer decades of experience, expertise and innovative power and support our customers with state-of-the-art simulation tools including our in-house anechoic chamber.

Radio communication

Our portfolio in radio communication covers the entire spectrum from narrow-band data transmission to digital radio. Main areas are the design and development of radio nodes, radio receivers, satellite communication modules, as well as software defined radio. Focus is given to:

  • Digital signal processing
  • RF circuit technology

Wireless Locating

Key topics in the area radio positioning are the design and development of new positioning and localisation systems. Applications can be extremely different by nature, like the positioning of fork lifts in warehouses, of soccer players on the flied, or of security personnel on company premises, as well as many other areas:

 

Projects

The composite department positioning, wireless communication and high-frequency technology is currently working on a great variety of research topics. Below we present examples of our projects for various applications.

  • DIN-LOK
  • ESI Anwendungszentrum - Embedded Systems Initiative
  • Greight Osram
  • LOK Phase II - Abteilungsübergreifendes Förderprogramm
  • OGB - Beamforming für Satellitenkommunikation
  • QoSMOS - Dienstqualität für kognitive Funksysteme
  • RFID im Leichtbau
  • RFID Smart Objects - ZIO
  • SACRA - Energie- und Spektraleffizienz für kognitive Funksysteme
  • SECAIR - Überwachungssystem für kritische Infrastrukturen
  • SmartFiber - Drahtlose Energie- und Datenübertragungsschnittstelle
  • SmartSensorsD - Nahtlose Lokalisierung
  • STREAM Phase 2

 

Products

The Fraunhofer IIS primarily offers research and development services in form of project contracts. In addition, several project outputs in different development stages are available as products. You can either purchase these products directly from us or from our distributors. Below you will find a selection:

 

Business fields