GPS -

Technology GPS Protection strategy Product identification Type Traceability technology System Device Medium Tertiary packaging Authentication/Identificaton Identification* Traceability Yes Cost Price on request Required equipment GPS devices, access to satellites, cellular network, internet Vertification level Authorities N.B.	Description System similar to the satellite navigation system in cars and on smart phones. The typical configuration of GPS Tracking system for freight is as follow: the GPS devices are fitted in the truck and its cargo, they pick up multiple GPS satellite signals enabling them to pinpoint their location. The information is transmitted over cellular networks and relayed securely via Internet to a monitoring facility. Ideally the layering approach should be: a covert tracking devices hidden in individual packs within a shipment, on the outer container, in the cargo trailer, and in the cab of the truck itself. Strengths Allow geolocation of the freight; Surveillance of the freight during transportation along the supply chain Limitations Geolocation through cellular networks, those networks can be either jammed (stop the signal) or emulated (give false position) by counterfeiters; The device needs to be a certain size for the signal to be detected (for now, this solution cannot be used for small package such as a medicine box, * no identification at the unit level); Cost; Links:
Technology	GPS
Protection strategy	Product identification
Type	Traceability technology
System	Device
Medium	Tertiary packaging
Authentication/Identificaton	Identification*
Traceability	Yes
Cost	Price on request
Required equipment	GPS devices, access to satellites, cellular network, internet
Vertification level	Authorities
N.B.
Description	System similar to the satellite navigation system in cars and on smart phones. The typical configuration of GPS Tracking system for freight is as follow: the GPS devices are fitted in the truck and its cargo, they pick up multiple GPS satellite signals enabling them to pinpoint their location. The information is transmitted over cellular networks and relayed securely via Internet to a monitoring facility. Ideally the layering approach should be: a covert tracking devices hidden in individual packs within a shipment, on the outer container, in the cargo trailer, and in the cab of the truck itself.
Strengths	Allow geolocation of the freight; Surveillance of the freight during transportation along the supply chain
Limitations	Geolocation through cellular networks, those networks can be either jammed (stop the signal) or emulated (give false position) by counterfeiters; The device needs to be a certain size for the signal to be detected (for now, this solution cannot be used for small package such as a medicine box, * no identification at the unit level); Cost;
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Technology	GPS
Protection strategy	Product identification
Type	Traceability technology
System	Device
Medium	Tertiary packaging
Authentication/Identificaton	Identification*
Traceability	Yes
Cost	Price on request
Required equipment	GPS devices, access to satellites, cellular network, internet
Vertification level	Authorities
N.B.

Description	System similar to the satellite navigation system in cars and on smart phones. The typical configuration of GPS Tracking system for freight is as follow: the GPS devices are fitted in the truck and its cargo, they pick up multiple GPS satellite signals enabling them to pinpoint their location. The information is transmitted over cellular networks and relayed securely via Internet to a monitoring facility. Ideally the layering approach should be: a covert tracking devices hidden in individual packs within a shipment, on the outer container, in the cargo trailer, and in the cab of the truck itself.
Strengths	Allow geolocation of the freight; Surveillance of the freight during transportation along the supply chain
Limitations	Geolocation through cellular networks, those networks can be either jammed (stop the signal) or emulated (give false position) by counterfeiters; The device needs to be a certain size for the signal to be detected (for now, this solution cannot be used for small package such as a medicine box, * no identification at the unit level); Cost;
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