By deploying Minew’s Bluetooth gateway, the indoor positioning accuracy can be improved to sub-meter level (typical error range 0.1-3 meters), and its core capability lies in the efficient collection and analysis of low-power Bluetooth (BLE) beacon signals. For instance, after Singapore General Hospital deployed BLE tags and 200 Bluetooth gateways in 1,500 hospital beds, it utilized Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) and tritriangle positioning algorithms to reduce the positioning accuracy of medical equipment from the 5-meter error of the traditional WiFi solution to 1.2 meters. The time it took for nurses to search for equipment was reduced from an average of 8 minutes to 30 seconds. The daily human efficiency has increased by 40%. A single Bluetooth gateway can simultaneously connect to 100 BLE tags (such as ESL tags, asset trackers or human employee tags), with a data collection frequency of up to 10 times per second and a real-time location update delay of less than 500 milliseconds (ms), significantly reducing the response cycle in emergency scenarios (increasing the response speed of emergency calls by 60%).
In the warehousing and logistics scenario, the data aggregation capability of the Bluetooth gateway directly optimizes operational costs. Each Minew gateway has a coverage radius of up to 200 meters (open space). The built-in filtering algorithm can suppress the interference of environmental reflected signals (positioning stability is improved by 90%). Only 20 gateways are needed in a single warehouse to cover 10,000 square meters of three-dimensional shelves. The practice of JD Logistics in the intelligent warehouse in Shanghai shows: The forklift and pallet positioning system based on Bluetooth gateway (3,000 tags +22 gateways) has shortened the goods picking path by 53% (the daily walking distance of employees has decreased from 12 kilometers to 5.6 kilometers), and the order processing speed has increased from 120 orders per hour to 200 orders. The annual maintenance cost for each thousand tags of the device location service is only 18% of that of the cellular solution (approximately $4,800 vs. $27,000). The low power consumption feature of the Bluetooth protocol (the battery life of the tag exceeds 5 years) further reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO).
Factory safety control relies on the motion trajectory tracking function of the Bluetooth gateway. By real-time analysis of the position sequence (collecting position coordinates 4 times per second), the system can identify the behavior of entering high-risk areas in violation of regulations (such as unauthorized entry into chemical restricted areas), with a false alarm rate of only 0.1%. Catl has deployed 160 Minew gateways in its battery workshop to monitor 1,500 workers. When personnel stay in high-temperature areas for more than the set threshold (>2 minutes), an automatic alarm will be triggered. In 2023, the rate of work-related injuries decreased by 33% compared with the previous year. The three-axis accelerometer built into the gateway can also detect abnormal vibrations of the equipment (sampling rate 50Hz, accuracy ±0.1G). If the amplitude of a certain stamping machine tool exceeds the standard for 10 seconds, the shutdown command will be triggered, and the defective product rate will be reduced by 28% as a result.
The lightweight architecture of the bluetooth gateway (typically with dimensions < 100×100×30mm and power consumption < 5W) supports rapid deployment and multi-protocol integration. It supports protocols such as MQTT/HTTP/TCP to forward raw data to the cloud, with a bandwidth occupation of less than 30KB/s. At the same time, it is compatible with UWB/WiFi module expansion (for example, Minew’s MG5 gateway integrates UWB anchor point function, improving positioning accuracy to the 10-centimeter level). Tests conducted by Honda at its factory in Turkey have shown that the installation and commissioning of 200 Bluetooth gateways took only 72 hours (while traditional industrial solutions require 2 weeks). After integration with the MES system, the real-time visibility rate of equipment utilization data rose from 70% to 99%, and the accuracy rate of shutdown warnings reached 95%.
With the coordinated evolution of 5G and Bluetooth, Minew gateways are breaking through the traditional positioning boundaries. Its new-generation edge computing gateway is equipped with a quad-core processor (1.5GHz main frequency), which can run AI behavior recognition models locally (such as the personnel fall detection algorithm taking less than 200ms), reducing the cloud transmission load by 90%. According to ABI Research’s prediction, the global Bluetooth positioning market size will reach 18 billion US dollars in 2026, with a compound annual growth rate of 23%. Among them, the penetration rate of Bluetooth gateways in manufacturing, healthcare and retail will increase from 35% in 2023 to 65%. Minew continuously enhances its applicability in key scenarios through customized firmware (such as dynamic power adjustment to make the coverage blind zone < 0.5%) and encrypted communication (the cracking probability of AES-128 encrypted data packets < 10⁻¹²), driving the process of industrial intelligence.