Is RTLS (Real-time Location System) Right for Your Organization?
Summary
As we know, GPS technology relies on satellite communication and works best outdoors where man-made structures will not interfere with the required signals. In a typical RTLS implementation, the mobile tags are either worn by individuals who are moving, or attached to objects that will be transported, around the facility. Typically using radio frequency (RF) signals, the tags may communicate either with each other, or with a network of fixed sensors installed in the areas where the objects or people will be moving. RFID technology, which also uses RF signals to communicate between tags and sensors (aka readers), has been used successfully for many years, in numerous industries, to detect and verify the unique identification of both objects and people as they move around a facility. While it has many useful applications, RFID typically cannot compete with RTLS in use cases that require precise, real-time location tracking.
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