Robust extended Kalman filter based technique for location management in PCS networks

  • Authors:
  • Pubudu N. Pathirana;Andrey V. Savkin;Sanjay Jha

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Engineering and Technology, Deakin University, Pigdons Road, Geelong, Vic. 3217, Australia;School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia;School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia

  • Venue:
  • Computer Communications
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

Provisioning of real-time multimedia sessions over wireless cellular network poses unique challenges due to frequent handoff and rerouting of a connection. For this reason, the wireless networks with cellular architecture require efficient user mobility estimation and prediction. This paper proposes using Robust Extended Kalman Filter as a location heading altitude estimator of mobile user for next cell prediction in order to improve the connection reliability and bandwidth efficiency of the underlying system. Through analysis we demonstrate that our algorithm reduces the system complexity (compared to existing approach using pattern matching and Kalman filter) as it requires only two base station measurements or only the measurement from the closest base station. Further, the technique is robust against system uncertainties due to inherent deterministic nature in the mobility model. Through simulation, we show the accuracy and simplicity in implementation of our prediction algorithm.