Enhanced location tracking using ultra-wideband

1. A wireless tracking system comprising:

a plurality of beacons, each of the plurality of beacons comprising: at least one antenna and at least one power source, wherein the at least one antenna is configured to transmit a locational ping; and

a wireless tracking device comprising: a processor; at least one antenna; at least one power source; and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

receive, using the at least one antenna, a locational ping from at least two of the plurality of beacons;

calculate, based on the locational ping from the at least two beacons, a direct connection path between the at least two beacons;

determine, based on the locational ping from the at least two beacons, a distance of the wireless tracking device relative to the direction connection path; and

perform, based on the proximity distance to the connection path, a corrective measure.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the wireless tracking device further comprises:

a motion sensor; and

wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

receive, from the motion sensor, inertial movement data; and

determine, based on the inertial movement data, one or more movement factors of the wireless tracking device.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

determine, based on the inertial movement data, that the wireless tracking device is within range of at least one beacon;

determine, by the processor, that the wireless tracking device failed to receive a locational ping from the at least one beacon, and

alert, by the processor, a user that the at least one beacon is in an error state.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

determine, based on the inertial movement data, that the wireless tracking device has been stationary for a period of time; and

deactivate certain components within the system to save power.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the plurality of beacons are designed to replicate at least one of a man-made and a natural object.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the locational ping is transmitted using ultra-wide band.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system is initialized using a mobile computing device comprising: a processor; at least one antenna; and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

receive, using the at least one antenna, beacon data for each of the plurality of beacons;

associate, based on the beacon data, each of the plurality of beacons with an identifier; and

configure a mode of operation for the wireless tracking device.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the wireless tracking device further comprises at least one of a GNSS system, a GPS system, and cellular network interface.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

transmit, using the at least one antenna, a signal to at least one of the plurality of beacons requesting the beacon to modulate into a power save mode.

10. A method of wireless tracking comprising:

receiving, using at least one antenna, a locational ping from at least two of a plurality of beacons at a wireless tracking device;

calculating, using a processor, a direct connection path between the at least two beacons based on the locational ping from each of the at least two beacons;

determining, based on the locational ping from the at least two beacons, a distance between the wireless tracking device and the direct connection path; and

performing, based on the distance, a corrective measure.

11. The method of wireless tracking of claim 10 further comprising:

receiving, from a motion sensor, inertial movement data; and

determining, based on the inertial movement data, one or more movement factors of the wireless tracking device.

12. The method of wireless tracking of claim 11 further comprising:

determining, based on the inertial movement data, that the wireless tracking device is within range of at least one beacon;

determining, by the processor, that the wireless tracking device failed to receive a locational ping from the at least one beacon, and

alerting, by the processor, a user that the at least one beacon is in an error state.

13. The method of wireless tracking of claim 11 further comprising:

determining, based on the inertial movement data, that the wireless tracking device has been stationary for a period of time; and

deactivating certain components within the system to save power.

14. The method of wireless tracking of claim 10 , wherein one or more of the plurality of beacons are designed to replicate at least one of a man-made and a natural object.

15. The method of wireless tracking of claim 10 , wherein the locational ping is transmitted using ultra-wide band.

16. The method of wireless tracking of claim 10 , wherein the system is initialized using a mobile computing device comprising:

receiving, using the at least one antenna, beacon data for each of the plurality of beacons;

associating, based on the beacon data, each of the plurality of beacons with an identifier; and

configuring a mode of operation for the wireless tracking device.

17. The method of wireless tracking of claim 10 , wherein the wireless tracking device further comprises at least one of a GNSS system, a GPS system, and cellular network interface.

18. The method of wireless tracking of claim 10 , further comprising:

transmitting, using the at least one antenna, a signal to at least one of the plurality of beacons requesting the beacon to modulate into a power save mode.