1st International IEEE Conference on Pervasive Services

Research Article

Cooperative Positioning Techniques for Mobile Localization in 4G Cellular Networks

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/PERSER.2007.4283887,
        author={Carlos Leonel Flores Mayorga and Francescantonio Della Rosa and Satya  Ardhy Wardana and Gianluca Simone and Marie Claire Naima Raynal and Joao  Figueiras and Simone  Frattasi},
        title={Cooperative Positioning Techniques for Mobile Localization in 4G Cellular Networks},
        proceedings={1st International IEEE Conference on Pervasive Services},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={ICPS},
        year={2007},
        month={8},
        keywords={4G  Cooperation  Data Fusion  Localization  Wi-Fi  WiMAX},
        doi={10.1109/PERSER.2007.4283887}
    }
    
  • Carlos Leonel Flores Mayorga
    Francescantonio Della Rosa
    Satya Ardhy Wardana
    Gianluca Simone
    Marie Claire Naima Raynal
    Joao Figueiras
    Simone Frattasi
    Year: 2007
    Cooperative Positioning Techniques for Mobile Localization in 4G Cellular Networks
    ICPS
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/PERSER.2007.4283887
Carlos Leonel Flores Mayorga1,*, Francescantonio Della Rosa1, Satya Ardhy Wardana1, Gianluca Simone1, Marie Claire Naima Raynal1, Joao Figueiras1, Simone Frattasi1
  • 1: Institute of Electronic Systems, Aalborg Univesity, Aalborg DK 9220. Denmark.
*Contact email: sf@es.aau.dk

Abstract

In this paper, we exploit the concept of cooperative localization by utilizing the additional information obtained from short-range links to enhance the location estimation accuracy in forthcoming cellular systems. Simulations for a hybrid WiMAX/Wi-Fi system are carried out considering an outdoor environment, where time difference of arrival (TDOA) and received signal strength (RSS) measurements are combined thanks to advanced data fusion techniques. Results show that the proposed system allows to meet the federal Communications Commission (FCC) requirements and overcome the ever changing channel conditions.