System performance evaluation of mobile positioning methods

Author

Fischer, S. ; Koorapaty, H. ; Larsson, E. ; Kangas, A.

Author_Institution

Ericsson Eurolab, Nuremberg, Germany

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

16-20 May 1999

Firstpage

1962

Abstract

This paper presents a simulation methodology for evaluating the performance of location techniques for cellular systems. The simulation tool developed enables quantification of the final system performance for various choices of components such as measurement techniques, channel models and position computation methods. Positioning performance of a GSM and IS-136 cellular system is shown for a specific choice of measurements and algorithms in various radio environments. The variation in performance with the choices of system parameters such as number of measurements made per position computation is shown.

Keywords

cellular radio; digital simulation; radio direction-finding; radio links; GSM; IS-136 cellular system; algorithms; cellular systems; channel models; location techniques; measurement techniques; mobile positioning methods; multipath propagation; position computation methods; positioning performance; radio environments; simulation methodology; simulation tool; system parameters; system performance evaluation; up-link TOA positioning method; Base stations; Computational modeling; FCC; Frequency; GSM; Measurement techniques; Performance evaluation; Position measurement; Radio network; System performance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1999 IEEE 49th

Conference_Location

Houston, TX, USA

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5565-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1999.778383

Filename

778383