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Our New Asset Intelligence Business Unit
Creating a Telematics Center of Excellence
Aggressively Targeting Additional Industry
Segments
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How it works
GPS Satellites
Two-way Satellite
Customer System
End User
XML Data Feed
GE Server
Gateway Earth Station
Network Control Center
Tracking Device
Location Event Monitoring via Satellite
Technology
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Telematics Components Cost Reduction
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History of Navigation
Basic Navigation Celestial Navigation 13th
Century Magnetic Compass 1907
Gyrocompass 1912 Radio Direction
Finding 1930s Radar and Inertial Nav 1940s
Loran-A 1960s Omega and Navy Transit
(SatNav) 1970s Loran-C 1980s GPS
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User-friendly web site
THE PATH TO KNOWLEDGE ABOUT YOUR TRAILER FLEET
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Web-based reports
THE PATH TO KNOWLEDGE ABOUT YOUR TRAILER
FLEET Pre-defined reports or export data to Excel
to create your own.
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GPS Specifications

• Time to First Fix (TTFF) in Seconds, 95
  Probability
• E.g. 50 seconds TRAP 2D vs 3D Fix?
• Cold Start First Position Fix Accuracy, 99
  Probability
• E.g. lt100m TRAP Not having Ephemeris, time to
  download
• Static Position Accuracy, 99 Probability
• E.g. 5m CEP TRAP What happens the other 50
• Power Consumption
• E.g. 180mw typical, 200mw TRAP Must have deep
  sleep LP mode
• Power-down (lt10ua) as soon as 3D Fix obtained

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GPS Case Study No GPS Location Fix on Lot 11

• Only Occurs at 7AM at this Specific Lot
• GPS Fix occurs at 8AM, 9AM 11AM, etc
• Sources of Interference
• Coherent CW
• Specific Spectral Line Interference
• Signal within 2 MHz Bandwidth
• Pulsed Broadband
• Peak AWGN interference power, Varied Duty Cycle
• Aluminum Processing Plant 1 Block Away!!
• Pulsed CW
• Peak CW Interference Power, Varied Duty Cycle
• Signal Attenuation
• Signal Attenuation from Multipath, Signal
  Blockage or Fading
• Selected Satellite Signal is Attenuated

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GPS Case Study 2 Poor Position Accuracy

• Greater than 50m Errors, Stationary Asset Will
  move 200 meters
• 2D vs 3D Fix
• 2D 3 Satellites Received, 3D 4 Satellites
  Received
• Why 4 Satellites?
• Accurate Positioning Requires Very Precise Timing
  Measurement
• Takes .06 Seconds for Signal to Reach Ground
• At 300,000 Km/s 1/1,000,000 sec error gt 300m
  Position Errors
• Satellites have atomic clocks, two rubidium and
  two cesium
• Receivers have only quartz clocks
• Problem identified with NMEA Diagnostics Tool gt
  2D Fix Received Only
• Could wait 20 min for 3D but Solution was to
  Change GPS Chip Set

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GPS Case Study Visual GPS Tools for Diagnostics
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TFS Mobile Solutions Center
The Vehicle
How it Will Be Used

• 53 Customized Tractor/Trailer
• Satellite Connectivity
• Complete Training Facility
• Awning for Outdoor Indoor Entertaining

• 30 Customer Events Scheduled for 05
• Nascar, Super Bowl, Monday Night Football
• On-Site Customer Training
• Nationwide City to City Tour
• Showcase for New Technology
• Test Bed for New Products Services

Bringing The Latest Technology to Our Customers
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Customer reaction VeriWise
Gives us visibility for customer service, and
the ability to update the positioning of
equipment around the country. This helps our
Operations group plan capacity as new orders come
in. - Bekins Van Lines Were looking to data
well be able to harvest from the new GE
VeriWise features coming online, such as
geo-fencing, to get us where we need to be from a
reliability and security standpoint. - GP
Trucking Via our website, we currently offer
our customers the best shipment-tracking system
availableWere in the process of integrating the
GE VeriWise technology with this system
together they allow us to track more than the
shipment we can track down to the SKU. That
will allow us to really bring this technology to
bear on our entire operation. - Caldwell
Freight
TRAILER FLEET SERVICES FROM GE
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GE imagination at workin Telematics

• Motion Tracking Units Employing Motion Sensors
  for Reducing Power Consumption Therein
• Method Apparatus for Evaluating the State of
  Charge of Batteries
• Method for Associating an Asset with a Monitoring
  Device
• Selective Reporting of Events in Asset Tracking
  Systems
• Progressive Idle Period Management in Acquiring
  GPS Signals
• Cargo Sensing System Using Infrared and Pattern
  Matching Algorithms
• Predictive Wirelessly-based Diagnostic Metrics
  Utility for a GPS Transponder
• Cargo Sensing using an Imaging Device
• System Method for Minimizing the Charging Time
  of a Battery
• Covert Antenna Designs for Trailer Tracking