EMMASS – Project title: EGNSS Mass Market Application Supporting System
Motivation & Basic Concept:
“Galileo signals are inherently more accurate. The future for locations is based on accuracy, so Galileo
is an answer.”
Source: Data outputs and Galileo by Michele Bavaro
The end of last year brings new milestone in GNSS technology. The Galileo implementation plan
reaches initial operational capability with 18 satellites in orbit for fewer than 4 meters horizontal
accuracy. What is more important, terrestrial supporting subsystems are working well and provide
useful data for improving position accuracy and rapid TTFF. These functionalities shall be available
not for Galileo driving devices only, but generally for any today smart mobile device equipped with
GNSS chipset, internet and currently missing smart piece of software that shall bring Galileo
functionality into existing devices/applications and also carries support for data authentication and
commercial service, where available.
The principal objective of EMMASS project is to provide enhancing features of Galileo, EGNOS and
EDAS to applications using position services at present and future mobile devices via free GSL
(Galileo Service Layer) software dedicated for devices powered by Android and iOS operating
systems.
Utilizing the data available on EGNOS and EDAS services can be achieved great service improvement
even with non-Galileo receivers.
Conceptual architecture:
The main target groups EMMASS’s GSL will be:
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Users of mobile devices who need support their existing application with more accuracy
position data with rapid TTFF especially at places with difficult signal conditions (such as
urban canyons, forests, etc.)
Nowadays application developers who plan utilize new Galileo functionality like data
authentication and commercial services
Application areas shall cover mobility as service, smart cities, IoT, commercial and social LBS.
The principal outcome of the EMMASS project will be free GSL software that will enable:
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Seamless position provider(s) for existing mobile applications with better accuracy and rapid
TTFF based on Galileo infrastructure capabilities
Extended API with new Galileo features (authentication, payment services support and so
on) for newly developed applications
Position data recovered/accurate by fusion with other positioning techniques
Support for power consumption optimization
Upon successful completion, EMMASS will equip wide range of mobile devices users and
programmers with a powerful tool to bring accuracy and rapid TTFF into existing devices and
introduce new innovative Galileo features like authentication and payment services into future
application.
The actual consortium arrangements:
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Pramacom (CZ) – regional winner of Galileo Masters 2010, project leader, SME, Android programming solution
provider
?? - co-implementer, iOS programming solution provider
?? - security auditing, cyber security research, risk management modeler, tester
?? - social and behavior association or university (security perception researcher)
?? – existing and/or new GNSS application provider
?? – GNSS devices manufacturer/assembler, optional
?? – dissemination
Project coordinator role is not assigned, currently. It could be any member from above.
Horizon 2020 Call: GALILEO-2-2017: EGNSS mass market applications
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/galileo-22017.html
Proposal submission deadline: 01 March 2017 17:00:00
Budget / Duration / Consortium size: 1-3 MEUR / 2 years / 6-8 partners
Used abbreviation:
EDAS - EGNOS Data Access Service
EGNOS - European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
EGNSS - European Global Navigation Satellite System
GSL - Galileo Service Layer
GNSS - Global Navigation Satellite System
LBS - Location Based Services
TTFF - Time To First Fix (time to first position retrieving)