RIM funds study to boost GPS reception

Research in Motion is among the partners investing in a $1.3 million study to improve GPS reception by mobile devices. Led by engineers at the University of Calgary, the three-year project aims to enhance location performance under a variety of outdoor and indoor environments such as city streets and inside commercial buildings and malls. “Wireless location technology is becoming more widespread because of the emergence of low-cost devices,” said one of the project leads, Dr. Gérard Lachapelle, Canada Research Chair/iCORE Chair in Wireless Location at the university’s Schulich School of Engineering. “Wireless location and navigation capabilities will be prevalent features in the mobile devices of the future. One of our challenges is to improve mobile phone navigation under less than ideal conditions, such as environments where satellite signals are not easily accessible, including inside buildings.” The other partners in the project are: Alberta Advanced Education and Technology, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and Western Economic Diversification Canada. Project funding Public sector support Amount Advanced Education and Technology $337,000 Western Economic Diversification (previously announced) $300,000 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada $337,500 Private sector support Research In Motion $337,500 Total $1,312,500

RIM funds study to boost GPS reception

Brief | August 24, 2009

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