CellSense: An accurate energy-efficient GSM positioning system

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 286-296

  Ibrahim, Mohamed ^a,b   Youssef, Moustafa ^c  

^a NILE UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

^c ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

GSM Localization; location fingerprinting; wireless networks

Indexed keywords

CELL PHONE; COMPUTATIONAL OVERHEADS; COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; CONTEXT AWARE APPLICATIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; GSM NETWORKS; HYBRID TECHNIQUES; LOCALIZATION SYSTEM; LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUE; LOCATION DETERMINATION; LOCATION FINGERPRINTING; PARAMETER VALUES; POSITIONING SYSTEM; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATORS; RESEARCH PROBLEMS; RURAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREAS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE PHONES; RURAL AREAS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE SETS; TESTBEDS; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84856148679     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2011.2173771     Document Type: Article

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