FAQ | Pozyx

Pozyx uses multiple positioning technologies to support a wide range of industrial real-time location system (RTLS) needs, from centimeter-level precision indoors to large-area asset visibility outdoors.

Ultra-Wideband (UWB)

UWB is the core technology behind Pozyx’s high-accuracy indoor positioning.

Using time-of-flight measurements such as TDoA (Time Difference of Arrival), UWB enables precision up to 10 cm, making it ideal for applications like forklift tracking, collision avoidance, WIP visibility, and automated material flow.

Pozyx is also expanding its UWB offering with cost-optimized UWB hardware options that provide reliable positioning at a more accessible price point for large-scale deployments.

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

BLE adds a cost-effective and scalable way to track assets where extreme accuracy is not required.

It is especially useful for high-volume, low-cost tagging scenarios, general asset visibility, and hybrid deployments.

GPS

For outdoor or yard management scenarios, Pozyx integrates GPS positioning to extend tracking beyond the facility’s interior.

This allows companies to follow assets as they move through loading docks, yards, and between buildings.

Hybrid Positioning

Pozyx combines these technologies into a unified, hybrid RTLS platform, enabling organizations to match the right technology to each use case while maintaining one interface for monitoring, analytics, alerts, and integration with enterprise systems.

The hybrid approach ensures the best balance between:

Accuracy (UWB)
Cost scalability (BLE)
Outdoor coverage (GPS)
Flexibility across industrial workflows

This makes Pozyx suitable for everything from detailed equipment tracking to wide-area operational visibility.

Pozyx RTLS supports both indoor and outdoor tracking by combining different positioning technologies depending on the environment, accuracy needs, available infrastructure, and regional regulations.

Indoor tracking

Indoors, Pozyx can use UWB or BLE infrastructure.

For high-accuracy indoor positioning, Pozyx typically uses Ultra-Wideband (UWB) anchors. UWB is well suited for industrial environments where GPS is not available and where accurate real-time positioning is required. This infrastructure is usually installed permanently and cabled for reliable performance.

Pozyx can also use BLE-based infrastructure, for example for zone-level tracking, presence detection, or lower-cost asset visibility. BLE infrastructure is also typically cabled, but battery-powered BLE presence detection infrastructure is supported when lower update rates are acceptable.

In addition, BLE infrastructure or BLE scanners can be used to help position certain BLE-equipped GPS trackers indoors. When no dedicated indoor infrastructure is available, GPS trackers may also fall back to Wi-Fi-based positioning, using public information about Wi-Fi access points. This can provide indoor location estimates, but it is typically the least accurate option compared with UWB or BLE infrastructure.

Outdoor tracking

Outdoors, Pozyx can support several approaches depending on what is practical to install and what level of accuracy is required.

BLE can be used outdoors, for example for presence detection or zone-based tracking. In Europe, regulators also allow the use of UWB outdoors, but this is not generally allowed in the US and some other regions. In practice, however, installing fixed outdoor infrastructure is not always feasible due to site layout, cabling limitations, weather exposure, or cost.

For outdoor presence detection, one option is to use battery-powered BLE scanners. These can detect nearby BLE tags or trackers without requiring fully cabled infrastructure.

Alternatively, Pozyx can support a variety of GPS/GNSS trackers for outdoor asset, vehicle, and equipment tracking. GPS-based tracking is often the most practical option for large yards, outdoor storage areas, vehicles, and assets moving between sites.

One platform across indoor and outdoor environments

Pozyx combines these technologies in one RTLS platform, allowing customers to choose the right positioning method for each area. Indoors, this may mean high-accuracy UWB or BLE infrastructure. Outdoors, it may mean BLE presence detection, GPS trackers, or — where permitted and practical — UWB infrastructure.

This hybrid approach helps provide continuous visibility as assets move between indoor and outdoor environments, while balancing accuracy, infrastructure cost, installation complexity, and regulatory constraints.

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