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Aeroscout 2008 Architecture
1. Active RFID Overview including
⢠RTLS Learnings & Requirements
⢠DMLSS Integration
RFID Working Group, Falls Church, VA
Scott Phillips
Director, Product Architecture
scott.phillips@aeroscout.com
August 21, 2008
www.aeroscout.com AEROSCOUT CONFIDENTIAL
2. AeroScout Market Leadership
Market Share
âAeroScout shipments accounted for the
majority of all Wi-Fi RFID tagsâ
InStat, May 2007
Broadest High Profile
Ecosystem Customers
Only company with full
range of visibility solutions fit
for all environments and use cases.
ââŚan impressively complete, scalable
systemâ Information Week, 2007
Product Leadership
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3. Boeing â RFID Visionary
Scalability
Security â DoD, behind firewall
Standards â 802.11, AeroScout, Cisco
Single infrastructure
Outdoor
Chokepoint/Room level/Bay level
Passive integration
Ruggedness
Extensibility â reports, complex events
Integration via SOA, XML publish/subscribe
Packaged deployments
Global visibility
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4. Example VA Hospital
Scalability Multiple Applications
Security Asset Management (started here)
Equipment Maintenance
Single Infrastructure
Staff Duress
Outdoor
Outdoor tracking (duress, assets)
Chokepoint *
Looking forward
Ruggedness Tracking of residence by cell phone
Integration OR/ER workflow
Temperature
PDA
More!
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5. RTLS Requirements for Healthcare
Look at all the big picture and all long term requirements
Multiple applications
Asset Management
Multiple use cases
Equipment Maintenance
Scalability
Temperature Monitoring
Configurability
Patient and Staff Safety
Integrations
Workflow & Resource Management
Extensibility
More âŚ
Ruggedness/Enterprise class
Security
Sensors â temperature, call button, humidity, tamper, etc.
Chokepoint/Room Level
Indoor/outdoor/field
Utilize standards
Minimize IT total cost of ownership
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6. Unified Asset Visibility in Healthcare
Wi-Fi-Based RFID â Pervasive hospital wide visibility
Chokepoints â OR/ED workflow automation (Bay level separation), immediate safety and
theft alerts
Sensors â Temperature and humidity monitoring (Drugs, vaccines, tissues, blood, food, etc.)
Passive RFID â specimen tracking, OR small equipment and trays
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7. Unified Asset Visibility in Healthcare
Indoor
Location & Status
Outdoor Location & Status
Wi-Fi-Based RFID â Indoors and outdoors pervasive hospital wide visibility
Chokepoints â Gate and dock arrivals/departures for supply chain
Sensors â Cold chain temperature and humidity monitoring of pharmaceutical products
GPS â Disaster emergency
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8. DoD Army & Navy Hospital Trend
# Type Starting Applications Status
1 US Army Asset Management AS Deployed
Equipment Maintenance âLandstuhlâ
Keep equipment in assigned areas
2 US Army Asset Management AS Selected
3 US Army Asset Management AS Selected
Staff Duress
IP Phone Integration
4 US Naval Equipment Management AS Selected
5 US Naval Asset Management Selecting
DMLSS integration
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9. Example WiFi Test Results
Cisco with AeroScout Tags at a US Army Hospital
3 meter resolution 100% of the time
2 meter resolution 88% of the time
1 meter resolution 55% of the time
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11. Integration Capabilities
Push
Event based via Web Services (SOA), HTTP Post or JMS
.XML or flat message
Payload: Asset ID, Location, Timestamp, etc.
Pull
SOAP Integration with Rich API set
Association/De-association
Location
Synchronizing fields (e.g. serial #, model, category, maintenance date,
etc.)
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12. Asset Management Integration
Services Oriented Architecture
DMLSS Aeroscout MobileView
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Asset Visual Real
Management Time Location
Equipment Searchable
Maintenance fields
Work Orders Ownership
Ownership Usage Status
Reports
Current Events Cisco Location Appliance
Location PDA
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13. MobileView Solution Capabilities
Visual Search
Asset ID, Serial #, Model, Category, Maintenance Date, Owner, etc.
Reports
Current Quantity vs Par Levels by Asset Category and Area
Historical Quantity vs Par Levels by Asset Category and Area
Sweep Report â collection of assets and current location by Maintenance date
Equipment not in hospital; Last exit from building logged
Usage history (breakage or root cause analysis)
Chart
Historical Quantity vs Par Levels by Asset Category and Area
Alerts
Equipment Par Level too low/too high for area
Equipment left area/building unauthorized â alert security
PDA
Mobile Find
Associate/Deassociate
And More!
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14. AeroScout Summary
Wi-Fi standards-based
Keeps costs low and management simple
Over 4 years of success selling/deploying Wi-Fi-based Active RFID solutions
Availability of solutions to cover all environments
Only Wi-Fi system with multiple visibility types (Real-time location, presence, choke-point)
Indoor and outdoor (RSSI and TDOA) with the same tag
Sensor/telemetry capability
Room and bay level separation
Scalable to tens of thousands of assets
Market-leading Wi-Fi tags
Up to 4+ years of battery life
Shipping tens of thousands/month
Negligible effect on Wi-Fi network
MobileView: Enterprise-class visibility application suite
Track, Alert, Manage and Integrate from a Web interface
Customizable logic and business event engine
Easily deliver location information to existing hospital applications
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