Cell-based positioning method for wireless networks

One of the most important applications for mobile commerce is location-based application and the core technology of location-based applications is the location determination technology. In this paper, we present a positioning method, called cell-based positioning method and its positioning accuracy measure for the wireless networks with hexagon structure and mesh structure. In addition, the positioning accuracy is optimized by tuning the base stations´ transmission power. In the optimal transmission power an accuracy of within 9.1% (7.2%) cell area for hexagonal structure (mesh structure) can be achieved by cell-based positioning method. We believe that the results are useful to deploy wireless networks for location-based applications.