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GENERATION ACTIVE RFID
6.5.2 Place Gateway and MicroRouters
First you need to physically place and mount the Gateway and the MicroRouters in the localization
environment. Take into account the following additional considerations:
● SmartPoints have to be surrounded by Gateways and MicroRouters otherwise localization
will not work correctly. Placing the Gateways and MicroRouters at the corners and along
the borders of the localization area and evenly distributed throughout the deployment area
will ensure this.
● Ensure that SmartPoints are always in range of at least one infrastructure device in order to
obtain a position estimate and communicate with the network. However, the more
infrastructure devices you hear, the better your position estimate.
In order to get the BEST localization performance:
● Place the Gateway and MicroRouters in a uniform distributed grid.
● Place the Gateway and MicroRouters in such a fashion that they have an optimal line of
sight with SmartPoints.
● Place the Gateway and MicroRouters at the same height.
● Mount SmartPoints at the same height as the MicroRouters (if possible, else not close to the
floor, ceiling, preferable in the middle).
● Ensure that the antennas of the Gateway, MicroRouters and SmartPoints have a similar
orientation.
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Illustration 18: Power driver of Gateway/Microrouter