Title :
Preliminary experimental results of a GSM mobile phones positioning system based on timing advance
Author :
Spirito, Maurizio A. ; Mattioli, Alberto Guidarelli
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Abstract :
This paper reports some indicative results of the performances characterizing a GSM mobile station location method based on timing advance (TA). Processed TA values have been collected during a field trial in a GSM network. Location calculation results and measurement statistics are also provided
Keywords :
cellular radio; position measurement; timing; GSM; field trial; measurement statistics; mobile station location; mobile telephone positioning; performance; timing advance; Antenna measurements; Attenuation measurement; Direction of arrival estimation; Distance measurement; GSM; Global Positioning System; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Mobile handsets; Time measurement; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 1999. VTC 1999 - Fall. IEEE VTS 50th
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5435-4
DOI :
10.1109/VETECF.1999.797302
