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Features

  • The IoT Devices are located by using the cell id of the current tower when creating a new PDP Context/Session used for data transmission. In case the location cannot be determined, the update is skipped and a retry will be done in the next PDP Context/Session.

  • Using the API. Device location and cellTower activity can be queried. The DeviceId is equal to the ICCID.

    • The resolved locations of a certain IoT device can be queried using https://api.1nce.com/management-api/v1/locate/devices/{deviceId}/positions
    • The cellTower location resolutions history including unresolved location records of a certain IoT device can be queried using https://api.1nce.com/management-api/v1/locate/devices/{deviceId}/activity

  • Using Geofencing functionality it is possible to set virtual boundaries to detect geofence crossing event and receive a notification about it.

  • Advanced cell tower location also provides a metadata parameter with accuracy data for resolved locations and tower metadata for unresolved locations

Limitations

  • Basic and Advanced cell-tower location modes use different data sources. Currently, Basic mode resolves approximately 30% of locations, while Advanced mode resolves around 90%. However, location data can be inaccurate, especially for 3G, 4G, LTE-M, and NB-IoT devices.
  • If advanced resolver mode is being used, then Advanced locator credits are being calculated.
  • NB-IoT locations are not being resolved with advanced resolver.
  • After activating the cell tower location setting it can take a few minutes before the first location will be available.
  • Cell tower location data is resolved no more frequently than once an hour.
  • For customers in Brazil and China, current service limitations may impact our ability to accurately determine device cell-tower location and maintain a complete location history. This may result in less accurate or incomplete location information.
  • To view the location history of specific device on the map you have to switch to the Device Inspector in the 1NCE OS Portal.
    Geofencing is currently in beta testing. You can request access to this feature via the 1NCE OS portal.
  • Interactive drawing and visualization of geofencing is not available in our portal, https://geojson.io/ can be used to visualize geofences. Here is the guide

Updated about 21 hours ago