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A novel single base station location technique for microcellular wireless networks: description and validation by a deterministic propagation model

  • Ben Allen
    ,
  • Marco Porretta
    ,
  • Paolo Nepa
    ,
  • Giuliano Manara
    ,
  • Filippo Giannetti
    ,
  • Mischa Dohler
Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Abstract

Positioning algorithms in cellular networks has become increasingly important as a means of supporting emerging services that require a sufficiently precise estimation of the position of the mobile terminal (MT) associated with a given base station (BS). Currently, even the most sophisticated positioning algorithms require at least three BSs to achieve satisfactory precision. This paper presents a novel algorithm that makes use of a single-BS antenna array to locate MTs in cellular networks. A triangulation technique is utilized and supported by some minimal information about the environment in the BS neighborhood. This algorithm is shown to perform well when operating in a microcellular environment with perfect channel-parameter estimation. The effect of finite resolution of the input parameters is also investigated. The performance is analyzed for a universal mobile telecommunications system microcellular scenario through a three-dimensional deterministic channel model. Finally, the performance of the proposed positioning technique is compared to the well-known location method based on the time-of-arrival measurements at three different BSs.

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Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 1502-1514

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (Volume 53, Issue 5)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/09/2004

Publication status

Published - 01/09/2004

ISSN

0018-9545

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/269834
  • Scopus: 4744349563

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