Location estimation system using wireless ad-hoc network

Author

Kitasuka, Teruaki ; Nakanishi, Tsuneo ; Fukuda, Akira

Author_Institution

Graduate Sch. of Inf. Sci & Electr. Eng.., Kyushu Univ., Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

27-30 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

305

Abstract

Location aware computing is popular and location information has become more important before. Ubiquitous computing also needs location information. We propose a location estimation system using a multi-hop wireless ad-hoc network. The proposed system estimates the locations of mobile hosts, using distance between hosts and the locations of some special hosts which know each location by GPS or other devices. This system is designed as a client-server model. The server is called an accumulator host and calculates the locations of all hosts. We also describe an estimation algorithm running in the accumulator host.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; client-server systems; land mobile radio; mobile computing; GPS receiver; accumulator host; client-server model; estimation algorithm; hosts distance; location aware computing; location estimator system; location information; mobile hosts; multi-hop wireless ad-hoc network; ubiquitous computing; Ad hoc networks; Base stations; Computer networks; Global Positioning System; Mobile computing; Mobile handsets; Personal digital assistants; Spread spectrum communication; Wireless communication; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, 2002. The 5th International Symposium on

ISSN

1347-6890

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7442-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WPMC.2002.1088182

Filename

1088182