Technology

Crossbow’s asset tracking solution is unique in providing customers with instant global monitoring capabilities while requiring very little initial investment. This is accomplished by combining a variety of established technologies with state of the art hardware and software development.

The following list describes some of the key technologies used:

• GPS/AGPS worldwide location tracking with special provisions for orientation independent GPS reception
• GSM/GPRS worldwide cellular radio communication
• GSM based worldwide location tracking in GPS denied environments
• Environmental sensor suite to monitor acceleration, temperature, humidity, and other conditions
• Ultra low power system processor to enable long battery life
• Optional µWlan radio for P2P and local communications
• Standards based communication (IP/XML) to back end server
• Scalable cloud based device management as well as data processing, visualization and storage server
• Browser base user interface for PCs and mobile devices including real time alerts

Certifications

Crossbow’s products meet all required standards and received certifications for U.S. and international deployments, including FCC, PTCRB and cellular operator acceptance.