CSR Location Platforms Go Live with China’s BeiDou-2 Satellite Tracking

The addition of the BeiDou constellation is part of CSR’s ongoing efforts to support all global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) as they become available, with software or firmware upgrades, for even greater performance and enhanced compliance with existing and future requirements of national GNSS systems.

“CSR is committed to supporting all current and future GNSS constellations with its market-leading location platforms to boost location performance by increasing service availability, reducing observation time and making measurements more precise for the most demanding applications,” said Dave Huntingford, Director of Marketing for Location at CSR. “With the addition of these new satellites, our location platforms can now actively utilise GPS, GLONASS, QZSS and SBAS, in addition to BeiDou-2, and they are ready to support Galileo as soon as it becomes available to provide continuous location awareness and the best location-based services experience.”

Rob Yeh, Director of Product Marketing for Automotive SoC at CSR, added, “All CSR’s latest multi-GNSS location platforms, including CSR SiRFatlasVI,and SiRFprimaII, are now able to demonstrate live BDS navigation, and CSR will include BDS support in all future-generation location platforms. Besides providing flexibility and improved satellite acquisition and location tracking in challenging situations like urban canyons, the BeiDou support also improves CSR’s already industry-leading dead-reckoning technologies.”

CSR maintains an experienced development team in mainland China to develop and support BeiDou-related products and technology.

Also known as Compass and BeiDou-2, the Chinese BDS started operations in December 2012 and currently has 14 active satellites in service over the Asia-Pacific region available to general users. When fully deployed by 2020, BDS is expected to comprise a total of 35 satellites offering complete coverage around the globe.