A cellular based mobile location tracking system

Author

Chen, Pi-Chun

Author_Institution

WINLAB, Rutgers Univ., USA

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

36342

Firstpage

1979

Abstract

We propose a cellular-based location tracking system to make the best use of the range measurements and the supplementary information obtainable in cellular systems. The tracking system employs a Kalman filter for its flexibility in taking intermittent measurements and auxiliary information. Past location estimates and sector information are used to relax the minimum number of range measurements required, and therefore broaden the location coverage area. We analyze the probability of resolving the ambiguity when only two range measurements are available. A non-line-of-sight (NLOS) mitigation algorithm developed by Pi-Chun Chen (see IEEE WCNC, 1999) is used to improve erroneous location estimates corrupted by NLOS errors. The performance of the proposed cellular based location tracking system is evaluated through simulations

Keywords

Kalman filters; cellular radio; filtering theory; parameter estimation; probability; radio direction-finding; radio tracking; tracking filters; Kalman filter; NLOS errors; cellular based mobile location tracking system; erroneous location estimates; location coverage area; nonline-of-sight mitigation algorithm; past location estimates; range measurements; sector information; simulations; supplementary information; Area measurement; Bandwidth; Cellular networks; Diffraction; Interference; Laboratories; Scattering; Time measurement; Transceivers; Velocity measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1999 IEEE 49th

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5565-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1999.778388

Filename

778388