Landmark-assisted location and tracking in outdoor mobile network

  • Authors:
  • Marco Anisetti;Claudio A. Ardagna;Valerio Bellandi;Ernesto Damiani;Mario Döller;Florian Stegmaier;Tilmann Rabl;Harald Kosch;Lionel Brunie

  • Affiliations:
  • Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy;Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy;Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy;Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy;University of Passau, Passau, Germany;University of Passau, Passau, Germany;University of Passau, Passau, Germany;University of Passau, Passau, Germany;INSA Lyon, Lyon, France

  • Venue:
  • Multimedia Tools and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Modern mobile devices integrating sensors, like accelerometers and cameras, are paving the way to the definition of high-quality and accurate geolocation solutions based on the informations acquired by these sensors, and data collected and managed by GSM/3G networks. In this paper, we present a technique that provides geolocation and mobility prediction of mobile devices, mixing the location information acquired with the GSM/3G infrastructure and the results of a landmark matching achieved thanks to the camera integrated on the mobile devices. Our geolocation approach is based on an advanced Time-Forwarding algorithm and on database correlation technique over Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) data, and integrates information produced by a landmark recognition infrastructure, to enhance algorithm performances in those areas with poor signal and low accurate geolocation. Performances of the algorithm are evaluated on real data from a complex urban environment.