Positioning in Wireless Communications Systems

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John Wiley & Sons, Feb 18, 2014 - Technology & Engineering - 280 pages

Positioning in Wireless Communications Systems explains the principal differences and similarities of wireless communications systems and navigation systems. It discusses scenarios which are critical for dedicated navigation systems such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) and which motivate the use of positioning based on terrestrial wireless communication systems.

The book introduces approaches for determination of parameters which are dependent on the position of the mobile terminal and also discusses iterative algorithms to estimate and track the position of the mobile terminal. Models for radio propagation and user mobility are important for performance investigations and assessments using computer simulations. Thus, channel and mobility models are explored, especially focussing on critical navigation environments like urban or indoor scenarios.

Positioning in Wireless Communications Systems examines advanced algorithms such as hybrid data fusion of satellite navigation and positioning with wireless communications and cooperative positioning among mobile terminals.. The performance of the discussed positioning techniques are explored on the basis of already existing and operable terrestrial wireless communication systems such as GSM, UMTS, or LTE and it is shown how positioning issues are fixed in respective standards.

Written by industry experts working at the cutting edge of technological development, the authors are well placed to give an excellent view on this topic, enabling in-depth coverage of current developments.

Key features
• Unique in its approach to dealing with a heterogeneous system approach, different cell structures and signal proposals for future communications systems
• Covers hybrid positioning investigating how GNSS and wireless communications positioning complement each other
• Applications and exploitation of positioning information are discussed to show the benefits of including this information in several parts of a wireless communications system

 

Selected pages

Contents

Introduction
1
Positioning Principles
21
Measurements and Parameter Extraction
41
Position Estimation
69
Position Tracking
101
Scenarios and Models
119
Advanced Positioning Algorithms
135
Systems
147
Applications
197
References
233
Index
245
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Positioning in Wireless Communications Systems
Stephan Sand,Armin Dammann,Christian Mensing
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Common terms and phrases

3GPP 3GPP-LTE Access algorithms AOA measurements arg max assume bandwidth base stations based positioning Bluetooth calculated cell Cell-ID channel clock bias correlation CRLB CRS & PRS CSIT database defined distance downlink E-UTRA environment error ETSI example Figure filter fingerprint Galileo Gauss–Newton Gaussian GLONASS GNSS handover IEEE ISO/IEC linear location information macro diversity matrix maximum modulation MT position multipath navigation equation NLOS noise nonlinear obtain OFDM OFDM symbol orbit OTDOA parameters path path loss performance phase position estimation position tracking positioning accuracy positioning methods prediction propagation delay radio range received signal RFID samples satellites scenario Section sequences signal propagation solution standard subcarriers synchronization TDOA Telecommunications time-step transmission transmit power UMTS uplink urban canyon UTRAN vector WiFi WiMAX wireless communications systems WLAN ZigBee

About the author (2014)

Stephan Sand is a senior research engineerat the Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center. He has spent several months on research visits to both NTT DoCoMo R&D, Yokosuka, Japan and the Communication Technology Institute of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Switzerland.

Dr Armin Dammann has been head of the Mobile Radio Transmission Group since 2005 at the Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center. Previously to this he was a member of the research staff since 1995. He has published numerous journal articles and conference papers.

Christian Mensing formerly of the Institute of Communications and Navigation of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany, and now (2013)? with Rohde and Schwarz. His research interests include location strategies in cellular networks and satellite-based navigation systems, and efficient iterative detection techniques.

Bibliographic information

TitlePositioning in Wireless Communications Systems
AuthorsStephan Sand, Armin Dammann, Christian Mensing
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2014
ISBN1118694104, 9781118694107
Length280 pages
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Technology & Engineering / Electrical
Technology & Engineering / Electronics / General
Technology & Engineering / Mobile & Wireless Communications
  
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