Using GSM CellID Positioning for Place Discovering

Author

Meneses, Filipe ; Moreira, Adriano

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Syst., Minho Univ., Guimaraes

fYear

2006

fDate

Nov. 29 2006-Dec. 1 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

Mobile phones can be used not only for voice and data communications but also as a computing device running context-aware applications. In this paper we present a model that, based on GSM cell identification, identifies places visited by a user and provides a user familiarity level for each of these places. This information can be used by context-aware applications to adapt their behaviour accordingly to the knowledge its user has about the current location. The achieved results are assessed by overlapping the discovered places with manual collected data, showing that GSM cellID positioning data can be used to identify places that are closer to each other than the average cell radius

Keywords

cellular radio; mobile computing; GSM cell identification; GSM cellID positioning; context-aware applications; mobile phones; place discovering; user familiarity level; Context; Context-aware services; GSM; Global Positioning System; Information systems; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Mobile handsets; Radiofrequency identification; Space technology; Telephone sets; Context; Context improvement; Famillarity; GSM cellID; Location; Place discovery; Positioning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pervasive Health Conference and Workshops, 2006

Conference_Location

Innsbruck

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1085-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1086-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361692

Filename

4205183