Position Location Techniques in Wireless Communication …

MEE10: 67

Electrical Engineering Emphasis on Telecommunications October 2010

Position Location Techniques in Wireless Communication Systems

Master Thesis Ayad M. H. Khalel

Supervisor/ Examiner Professor Abbas Mohammed

Department of Electrical Engineering School of Engineering Blekinge Institute of Technology Karlskrona, SWEDEN

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Acknowledgment I wish to express my deep gratitude to Professor Abbas Mohammed for giving me the opportunity to do this thesis work, reading through my thesis draft time after time, giving me so many valuable advice and helping me develop my knowledge in many scientific issues. I am also thankful for his confidence, patience and encouragement through out the thesis work. I would like to express my thanks to my parents, brother and sisters for there support and encouragement. They were always there when I needed them. Thanks again.

Ayad M.H. Khalel 2010 Karlskrona

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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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LIST OF FIGURES

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LIST OF ACRONOMS

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ABSTRACT

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CHAPTER 1: POSITION LOCATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

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1.1 Positioning Systems Classification

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1.1.1 Handset-based positioning

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1.1.2 Network-based positioning system

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1.1.3 Hybrid positioning system

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1.2. Global Positioning System (GPS)

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1.2.1 The Segments of the GPS

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1.2.2 The positioning location technique in the GPS

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1.2. 3 Deferential GPS

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1.3 Loran system

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1.4 The positioning location in the Cellular Networks

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1.4.1 Network-based position location in cellular network

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1.4.2 Fingerprinting method in the cellular network

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1.4.3 Assisted GPS in the cellular network

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1.4.4 Enhanced Observed Time Difference (E-OTD)

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1.5 The positioning location in the WLAN

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1.5.1 The Positioning methods in WLAN

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1.6 Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN)

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1.6.1 The location estimation in the wireless sensor networks

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1.7 The positioning in Ultra Wideband (UWB)

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1.7.1 Characteristics of UWB

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1.7.2 Positioning location using UWB technology

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CHAPTER 2: THE POSITIONING LOCATION APPLICATIONS

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2.1 Navigations services

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2.2 Location Based Services (LBS)

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2.3 Climate and Environment Monitoring

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CHAPTR 3: LOCATION POSITIONING TECHNIQUES

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3.1 Basic mathematical principles used in position location

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3.2 Received Signal Strength (RSS) Method

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3.2.1 Determining the position with (RSS) method

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3.2.2 Advantages and disadvantages of (RSS) method

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3.3- Angle of Arrival (AOA) Method

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3.3.1 Determining the position with AOA method

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3.3.2 Advantages and disadvantages in the AOA method

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3.4- Time of Arrival (TOA) and Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) Methods

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3.4.1 Position location using Time of Arrival method

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3.4.2 Positioning location using Time Difference of Arrival method

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3.4.3 Advantages and Disadvantages of TOA and TDOA methods

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CONCLUSION

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REFERENCS

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LIST OF FIGURES

No: Figure Name

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1.1

The segments in the GPS

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1.2

LORAN-C system

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1.3

Location positioning in Cellular networks

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1.4

Cellular network based-fingerprinting

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1.5

Assisted- GPS

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1.6

Fingerprinting method using RSS technique in WLAN for indoor scenario

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1.7

WSN diagrams (a) single-sink. (b) Multi- sinks

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3.1

Triangulation principle

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3.2

Multilateration principle

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3.3

Hyperboloid principle

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3.4

RSS method

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3.5

The angle of arrival

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3.6

AOA method

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3.7

TOA using multilateration principle for 2D location

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3.8

TDOA method

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