Trimble has extended its technology collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies to deliver precise positioning solutions for automated vehicles, ranging from automobiles to heavy trucking.
The strengthened partnership will see Trimble ProPoint Go, the company’s precise positioning engine, integrated with the Snapdragon Auto 5G Modem-RF Gen 2, a key platform of the Snapdragon Digital Chassis solution, to provide positioning accuracy within 10 centimeters. Vehicles equipped with the new, jointly developed, solution are expected to roll out by 2028.
This new integration is more broadly capable of supporting L2+ and potentially higher levels of automated driving applications with high-accuracy positioning for ADAS, and C-V2X for OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers. With the Snapdragon Auto 5G Modem-RF Gen 2, customers can scale this support into both Level 3 applications and C-V2X solutions with the same chipset.
The ProPoint Go positioning engine, itself, is designed to provide position and orientation data from the fusion of GNSS signals, including Trimble correction services and measurement data from a variety of sensors. The engine further provides centimeter-level position, velocity and time information based on multi-frequency GNSS signals and ASIL-C certified Trimble RTX correction data. This positioning ecosystem helps companies advance their automated driving capabilities, with safety remaining a key focus throughout its operations.
The Snapdragon Auto 5G Modem-RF Gen 2 automotive connectivity platform features integrated C-V2X direct communications, non-terrestrial networks (NTN), high-precision multi-frequency global navigation satellite system (HP-GNSS) and RF Front-End (RFFE) functionalities that, together, work to support major operators across key spectrum bands, globally.
