Vehicle location using wireless wide area network

The ability to locate the position of a mobile device has emerged as a key facility of existing and future generation mobile systems. Many value added location based services have been enabled by this feature. Due to the pervasive deployments of mobile communication technologies, vehicle positioning by locating the driver´s mobile devices has become feasible. Moreover, it potentially displaces systems that were designed specifically for vehicles. This paper first investigates the standard mobile location methods and exploits this information in intelligent transportation systems, especially in vehicle location. Hybrid solutions are then proposed based on the well-established and standardized location methods.