Abstract
Mobile location estimation or mobile positioning is becoming an important service for a mobile phone network. Among different kinds of mobile location estimation technologies, only the class of the signal strength based algorithm which estimates the location of Mobile Stations (MSs) by the Received Signal Strength (RSS) can be applied to different kinds of radio cellular networks, and therefore, is more general. We have designed a directional propagation model-the Ellipse Propagation Model (EPM), which makes use of a common signal propagation model to perform a location estimation. EPM enhanced the traditional propagation model by resembling the contour line of the signal strength as an ellipse rather than a circle and hence becoming more realistic. We have tested EPM with real data taken in Hong Kong and it is proven that EPM outperforms other existing location estimation algorithms among different kinds of terrains.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 116-125 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 10 May 2010 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- Computer Science(all)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
User-Defined Keywords
- Ellipse propagation model
- EPM
- Geometric algorithm
- GSM network
- Mobile location estimation
- Received signal strength
- RSS