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The Future of GNSS: Opportunities and Challenges for Mass Market Positioning

Publish Date: 05 May 2022
Code: AN-5362
Research Type: Report
Pages: 36
RELATED SERVICE: Location Technologies
Actionable Benefits

Actionable Benefits

  • Identify and better target the largest opportunities for GNSS chipsets by vertical, constellation, and frequency.
  • Ensure product portfolio is able to address the evolving GNSS constellation and frequency landscape while identifying any gaps in existing portfolio.
  • Better understand competitive threats to GNSS including software-based positioning, cellular positioning, cloud-positioning, and LEO positioning, to develop more effectives sales and product strategies.
  • Prepare effective roadmap for introduction of new frequencies, constellations, sensor fusion, and IC combinations.
Research Highlights

Research Highlights

  • Extended discussion and analysis of the major trends impacting the GNSS market, with a particular emphasis on mass-market applications.
  • Updated market forecasts for GNSS technology across key sectors, including smartphones, wearables, drones, automotive applications, IoT asset tracking, and several other emerging mass-market applications.
  • Strategic market recommendations on what solution providers and users of technology need to consider when planning their roadmaps.
  • Guidance on where ABI Research believes the outdoor positioning and GNSS market is headed and how various technologies will compete, collaborate and coexist over time.
  • Discussion of innovative companies across the GNSS, LEO, and outdoor positioning landscape.
Critical Questions Answered

Critical Questions Answered

  • What is the total market opportunity for GNSS chipsets?
  • What use cases are driving GNSS growth?
  • How will new technologies such as LEO, software and cloud-based positioning, and 5G positioning disrupt the GNSS market?
  • How is the GNSS market by constellation likely to evolve over time?
  • What are the most common GNSS frequencies and how is this likely to evolve over time?
  • What are some innovative companies in the positioning landscape?
Who Should Read This?

Who Should Read This?

  • GNSS chipset and module vendors (marketing, product managers, sales).
  • Cellular positioning and technology providers
  • Cloud and software-based positioning solution providers
  • Device OEMS.
  • Location services providers.
  • Chipset and location IP providers (Marketing and product managers).
  • Mobile network operators and location infrastructure service providers

Table of Contents

 

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2. GNSS FREQUENCY AND CONSTELLATION MARKET TRENDS

2.1. The Migration to Multi-Frequency GNSS
2.2. Multi-Constellation Now the Default
2.3. Growing Support for Regional Constellations
2.4. Enabling Multi-Frequency, Multi-Constellations at Scale

3. LOW-POWER GNSS

3.1. Frequency of Tracking
3.2. Assisted GNSS
3.3. Innovative Approaches to A-GNSS
3.4. Cloud-Based Positioning
3.5. Snapshot Positioning
3.6. Software-Based GNSS Receivers—a Threat to GNSS?
3.7. GNSS Strikes Back
3.8. LPWAN Network-Based Positioning
3.9. Cellular Network-Based Positioning
3.10. Other Network Positioning and Hybrid Technologies
3.11. LEO Satellites—A Growing Opportunity for Positioning?
3.12. LEO—A Valuable Alternative and Backup to GNSS
3.13. Terrestrial Alternatives to GNSS

4. PRECISION GNSS

4.1. High-Performance GNSS Chipsets
4.2. GNSS Correction Services
4.3. Sensor Fusion
4.4. GNSS Software Enhancements

5. 5G POSITIONING—COMPETITION OR COLLABORATION?

6. MARKET SUMMARY

7. KEY TAKEAWAYS AND STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS

 
 
 

Companies Mentioned

  • Apple Inc.
  • BOSCH
  • Broadcom Limited
  • Deutsche Telekom
  • Federal Communications Corporation
  • Garmin Ltd.
  • Google
  • GSA
  • HERE Technologies
  • Hexagon
  • Huawei
  • Hyundai
  • IDG
  • Iridium Communications Inc
  • KDDI
  • MediaTek Inc
  • MediaTek Inc
  • Mitsubishi Corp
  • Mitsubishi Corp
  • Nordic Semiconductor
  • Pinnacle
  • Point One Navigation
  • Polaris Wireless
  • Processing Technologies
  • Qianxun
  • Qualcomm Inc
  • Rx Networks
  • Samsung
  • Semtech Corporation
  • Softbank
  • Sony Corporation
  • STMicroelectronics
  • Swift Navigation
  • Trimble Inc
  • u-blox
  • Verizon
  • Xiaomi