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

Price: Starting at USD 4,500

Publish Date: 06 May 2022

Code: AN-5362

Research Type: Report

Pages: 36

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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

Companies Mentioned

BeiDou

BOSCH

Broadcom Limited

HERE Technologies

Hexagon

Huawei

Hyundai

KDDI

MediaTek Inc

Mitsubishi Corp

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Nordic Semiconductor

Polaris Wireless

Polte

Quectel

Samsung

Semtech Corporation

Softbank

Sony Corporation

SpaceX

Spatial

STMicroelectronics

Trimble Inc

Verizon

Xiaomi

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