Geolocationing system and method for use of same

A system for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, the system comprising:

• an array of gateway devices, each gateway device being positioned within a space in the multi-space environment, each gateway device having a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location;
• each gateway device of the array including:
• a housing,
• a wireless transceiver associated with the housing,
• a processor located within the housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver,
• a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• receive a beacon signal via the wireless transceiver from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device, the beacon signal including a personal locator device identification,
• measure a signal characteristic of the beacon signal,
• transmit a gateway signal to a server system, the gateway signal including the personal locator device identification, the gateway device identification, and received signal strength measurement;
• the server system located in communication with the array of gateway devices, the server system processing the plurality of gateway signals to determine an estimated location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device;
• the server system including at least one local server co-located in communication with the array of gateway devices at the multi-space environment;
• the server system including at least one cloud server remotely located in communication with the at least one local server;
• and
• the at least one local server of the server system processes the plurality of gateway signals to determine an estimated location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device, in response to a failure of the at least one cloud server.

A system for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, the system comprising:

• an array of gateway devices, each gateway device being positioned within a space in the multi-space environment, each gateway device having a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location;
• each gateway device of the array configured to measure a signal characteristic of a received beacon signal from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device and, responsive thereto, to transmit a gateway signal to a server system, the gateway signal including the personal locator device identification, the gateway device identification, and received signal strength measurement;
• the server system located in communication with the array of gateway devices, the server system processing the plurality of gateway signals to determine an estimated location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device;
• the server system including at least one local server co-located in communication with the array of gateway devices at the multi-space environment;
• the server system including at least one cloud server remotely located in communication with the at least one local server;
• and
• the at least one local server of the server system processes the plurality of gateway signals to determine an estimated location of the proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device, in response to a failure of the at least one cloud server.