Position Location Techniques and Applications

This book is the definitive guide to both the terrestrial and satellite systems. It gives you the opportunity to create a future algorithm and systems.

Comprehensive coverage is given to the system design trade-offs, complexity issues, and the design of efficient positioning algorithms to enable the creation of high-performance location positioning systems. Traditional methods are also reexamined in the context of the challenges posed by reconfigurable and multihop networks. Applications in wireless networks (WiFi, ZigBee, UMTS, and DVB networks), cognitive radio, sensor networks and multi-media networks.

Features

• Contains a complete guide to models, and applications








• Includes applications for wireless networks, demonstrating the relevance of areas in research and development








• Covers system design trade-offs and the design of efficient positioning algorithms, enabling the creation of future positioning systems








• Provides a theoretical underpinning for the interpretation of the current position algorithms

David Muñoz is Director and César Vargas is a member of the Center for Electronics and Telecommunications, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico. Frantz Bouchereau is a senior communications software developer at The MathWorks Inc. in Natick, MA. Rogerio Enríquez-Caldera is at Instituto Nacional de Atrofisica, Optica y Electronica (INAOE), Puebla, Mexico.

. Contains a complete guide to models, techniques and applications of position
. Includes applications for wireless networks (WiFi, ZigBee, DVB networks), cognitive radio, sensor networks and reconfigurable and multi-hop networks, demonstrating the relevance of research and development
. Covers system design trade-offs, and the design of effective positioning algorithms
. Provides a theoretical underpinning for the interpretation of the current position algorithms

The PL need and Historical Developments; PL requirements and Limitation; Terrestrial and Satellite Scenarios; Current and Potential Applications; AOA measurements; Nonparametric Methods for Estimation of AOA; Parametric Methods for Estimation of AOA; TOA and TDOA measurements; Range Estimation Based on Receive Signal strength (RSS); Signal strength (RSS); The Multilateration Problem; Geometrical multilateration; Statistical multilateration; Location estimation in multi hop scenarios; Performance assessment of location estimation systems; Single hop and relational scenarios; Multi Hop Scenarios; From Cellular to Reconfigurable Networks; Mobility in Wireless Networks; Towards the Cognitive Radio Paradigm for Position Location; Cellular Systems; Local / Indoor Network Scenario; Mesh Systems; Satellite Positioning; Structure of a System for Satellite Positioning; Fundamental Concepts Involved; Applications; Sources of Errors; Trends and Comparison; Large scale fading; Small scale fading; Compound fading models