Signal propagation model used to predict location accuracy of GSM mobile phones for emergency applications

Author

Green, Marilynn P. ; Wang, S.S.

Author_Institution

Nokia Res. Center, Espoo, Finland

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

119

Lastpage

122

Abstract

Mobile location is one of the fastest growing areas for the development of new technologies, services and applications. This paper describes the channel models that were developed by the Technical Subcommittee TIP1.5 in order to test various emergency mobile location technologies prior to their consideration by the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) between 1997 and 1998. We also present the PCS 1900 extension to this model, which is based on the COST-231 extended Hata model as well as the original Okumura graphical representation of signal propagation characteristics in different environments.

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; VHF radio propagation; cellular radio; personal communication networks; telecommunication channels; 100 to 2000 MHz; COST-231; E-911 emergencies; FCC; GSM mobile phones; Okumura graphical representation; PCS 1900; US Federal Communication Commission; extended Hata model; location accuracy; mobile location; personal communication system; signal propagation model; Accuracy; Delay effects; FCC; Fading; Finite impulse response filter; GSM; Low pass filters; Mobile handsets; Predictive models; Scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio and Wireless Conference, 2002. RAWCON 2002. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7458-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAWCON.2002.1030132

Filename

1030132