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The NAO® Suite,
end to end.

The NAO® Suite makes indoor location simple, reliable and scalable - one connected family of products that takes you from a BLE signal all the way to a decision, with a seamless indoor / outdoor experience.

What is the NAO® Suite?

The NAO® Suite is Pole Star's end-to-end indoor location and RTLS platform: infrastructure that captures signals, positioning engines that compute location, and a platform & applications that supervise, analyze and act on it - built on Bluetooth Low Energy and multi-sensor data fusion.

Infrastructure · engines · software Built on BLE On existing networks Cloud or on-premise
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How the NAO® Suite works

From a signal to a decision, in four layers

Each family of the suite handles one job in the chain - and they're designed to work together, on the network you already have, in the cloud or on-premise.

End-to-end data flow
Infrastructure BlueSpot / BlueListener Positioning engines Mobile SDK / Track Platform Cloud / Server Applications Viewer / Flow / Counting CAPTURE → COMPUTE → ORCHESTRATE → USE
1

Capture

BLE hardware emits and captures signals on-site - beacons and gateways.

Infrastructure
2

Compute

Engines turn signals into a real-time position - on device or server-side.

Positioning Engine
3

Orchestrate

The platform normalizes and distributes data and exposes it via APIs.

Cloud & Server
Family 01 · Compute

Positioning Engine

The two engines that turn signals into a real-time indoor position - one on the device, one in the infrastructure.

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NAO® Mobile SDK

On-device engine · Android & iOS

Embeds precise, continuous indoor positioning into mobile apps, computed on the device - with indoor/outdoor continuity.

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NAO® Track

RTLS engine · server-side

The real-time location engine (RTLS) - computes position in the infrastructure from BLE signals, at room-level, at scale.

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Family 02 · Capture

Infrastructure

The physical BLE layer on-site — tags broadcast the tracked element's signal, a beacon emits a calibrated reference, and a gateway listens and relays everything to the engine.

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Tags

BLE tag · tracked element

Compact BLE devices worn by staff or attached to assets. Broadcast continuously so the infrastructure can compute their real-time indoor position.

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NAO® BlueSpot

BLE beacon · emitter

A programmable BLE beacon emitting a calibrated signal — 1 to 3 m accuracy, up to 100 m range, up to 10-year battery, IP65.

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NAO® BlueListener

BLE gateway · sensor

A BLE gateway that listens to advertising frames and relays measurements to NAO® Track via Ethernet or Wi-Fi (MQTT).

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Family 03 · Orchestrate & use

Software Applications

The platform that orchestrates everything, and the applications that visualize, analyze and count - turning location into daily decisions.

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Applications

NAO® Viewer

Supervision

The operational cockpit - live maps, alerts and dashboards.

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NAO® Flow

Analytics

Journey & flow analytics - dwell times, anomalies, bottlenecks.

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NAO® Counting

Occupancy

Real-time occupancy counts by zone, from tags and smartphones.

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Platform

NAO® Cloud

Central platform

Orchestrates data, APIs and multi-site supervision - SaaS, on-premise or hybrid.

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NAO® Server

On-premise

The self-hosted edition of NAO® Cloud - full data governance and local control.

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FAQ

The NAO® Suite, answered

What is the NAO® Suite?
The NAO® Suite is Pole Star's end-to-end indoor location and RTLS platform. It combines BLE infrastructure that captures signals, positioning engines that compute location, and a platform with software applications that supervise, analyze and act on real-time location data - built on Bluetooth Low Energy and multi-sensor data fusion for a seamless indoor/outdoor experience.
What are the main components?
The suite is organized into three complementary families: Infrastructure (NAO® BlueSpot and NAO® BlueListener), Positioning Engines (NAO® Mobile SDK and NAO® Track), and Platform & Software Applications, including NAO® Cloud, NAO® Server, NAO® Viewer, NAO® Flow and NAO® Counting.
How do the parts work together?
The workflow follows four steps: capture → compute → orchestrate → use. NAO® BlueSpot and NAO® BlueListener capture BLE signals, the positioning engines compute real-time locations, the platform distributes and exposes location data through standard interfaces, and the software applications transform it into maps, analytics, occupancy information and operational insights.
Does the NAO® Suite require dedicated infrastructure?
The NAO® Suite is designed to build on your existing BLE-enabled infrastructure rather than replace it. Existing enterprise Wi-Fi networks - including Cisco Spaces, HPE Aruba, Fortinet and Extreme Networks - can be reused, while NAO® BlueSpot and NAO® BlueListener provide the BLE infrastructure required by the RTLS positioning engine.
Can it be deployed in the cloud or on-premise?
Yes. The platform is available as NAO® Cloud (SaaS), NAO® Server (on-premise), or as a hybrid deployment, allowing organizations to choose the architecture that best fits their operational and regulatory requirements.
What technology is it based on?
The NAO® Suite is primarily based on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), enriched through multi-sensor data fusion combining technologies such as Wi-Fi, GNSS and motion sensors, depending on the positioning engine and deployment.
Can I start small and scale later?
Yes. The NAO® Suite is modular. Organizations can start with a single site or use case and progressively expand to large multi-site RTLS deployments by adding products and capabilities as operational needs evolve.
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One suite, from signal to decision.

Tell us your environment and goals - our team will help you assemble the right NAO® components and deploy them on the infrastructure you already have.

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