VLOCI: Using Distance Measurements to Improve the Accuracy of Location Coordinates in GPS-Equipped VANETs

Farhan Ahammed; Javid Taheri; Albert Zomaya; Max Ott

Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking, and Services. 7th International ICST Conference, MobiQuitous 2010, Sydeny, Australia, December 6-9, 2010, Revised Selected Papers

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VLOCI: Using Distance Measurements to Improve the Accuracy of Location Coordinates in GPS-Equipped VANETs

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-29154-8_13,
    author={Farhan Ahammed and Javid Taheri and Albert Zomaya and Max Ott},
    title={VLOCI: Using Distance Measurements to Improve the Accuracy of Location Coordinates in GPS-Equipped VANETs},
    proceedings={Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking, and Services. 7th International ICST Conference, MobiQuitous 2010, Sydeny, Australia, December 6-9, 2010, Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={MOBIQUITOUS},
    year={2012},
    month={10},
    keywords={vehicular ad hoc networks localization GPS distance measurements location improve/refinement},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-29154-8_13}
}

Farhan Ahammed
Javid Taheri
Albert Zomaya
Max Ott
Year: 2012
VLOCI: Using Distance Measurements to Improve the Accuracy of Location Coordinates in GPS-Equipped VANETs
MOBIQUITOUS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29154-8_13

Farhan Ahammed¹^,*, Javid Taheri¹, Albert Zomaya¹, Max Ott²^,*

1: The University of Sydney
2: NICTA

*Contact email: faha3615@it.usyd.edu.au, max.ott@nicta.com.au

Abstract

Many vehicles rely on the Global Positioning System (GPS) to compute their locations. The inaccuracy of GPS devices means sometimes vehicles believe they are located in different lanes or roads altogether. Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) allow vehicles to communicate with each other using wireless means and thus connect them in a very dynamic wireless network. The algorithm VANET LOCation Improve (VLOCI), proposed in this work, uses VANETs and distance measurements taken by each vehicle to improve the location estimates provided by all GPS devices. VLOCI is shown to perform efficient when erroneous distance measurements are present in the environment/ computations.

Keywords: vehicular ad hoc networks localization GPS distance measurements location improve/refinement

Published: 2012-10-10

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29154-8_13