POSITIONING NETWORK OF TRANSMISSION RECEPTION DEVICES AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING TRANSMISSION RECEPTION DEVICES

A positioning network (21) of transmission reception devices (31) of an indoor location system is disclosed for covering an indoor environment. The positioning network (21) includes a power supply system and a plurality of transmission reception devices (31). The power supply system includes a power...

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1. Verfasser: Laine, Franck
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A positioning network (21) of transmission reception devices (31) of an indoor location system is disclosed for covering an indoor environment. The positioning network (21) includes a power supply system and a plurality of transmission reception devices (31). The power supply system includes a power cable (11, 25) with at least one power line (65), wherein the power cable (11, 25) is arranged in the indoor environment, and a power source (13) configured to supply a voltage to the power line (65) of the power cable (11, 25). Each transmission reception device (31) includes a transmission reception unit (61) configured to operate as a stationary unit of the indoor location system for localizing a mobile unit (39), and a power receiving unit (63) including a connector (66) configured to mechanically connect the transmission reception device (31) to the power cable (11, 25) and to electrically connect the transmission reception unit (61) to the power line (65) for powering the transmission reception unit (61). Each transmission reception device (31) of the plurality of transmission reception devices (31) is further connected to the power cable (11, 25) at a respective stationary position (9).