• DocumentCode
    1415406
  • Title

    Locating GSM mobiles using antenna array

  • Author

    Cesbron, F. ; Arnott, R.

  • Author_Institution
    ERA Technol. Ltd., Leatherhead, UK
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    16
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    8/6/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1539
  • Lastpage
    1540
  • Abstract
    The authors consider the problem of accurate estimation of the position of a GSM mobile station based on measurements of the mobile signal made at a single receiving site equipped with an antenna array. Direction of arrival and time of arrival measurements are used to estimate the location of the mobile transmitter. A statistical filtering technique is applied to the location estimates to minimise the effects of multipath fading. Experimental results with a DCS-1800 system are presented which achieve an r.m.s. location error of 133 m, with the error being <250 m for 98% of the time
  • Keywords
    antenna arrays; cellular radio; direction-of-arrival estimation; DCS-1800 system; GSM mobile station location; accurate position estimation; antenna array; direction of arrival measurements; mobile signal measurements; mobile transmitter; multipath fading; receiving site; statistical filtering technique; time of arrival measurements;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19981090
  • Filename
    707102