Environment and Movement Model for Mobile Terminal Location Tracking

  • Authors:

  • M. McGuire;K. N. Plataniotis;A. N. Venetsanopoulos

  • Affiliations:

  • The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, 10 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G4, Canada/ E-mail: mmcguire@dsp.toronto.edu;The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, 10 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G4, Canada/ E-mail: kostas@dsp.toronto.edu ...;The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, 10 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G4, Canada/ E-mail: anv@dsp.toronto.edu

  • Venue:
  • Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Mobile terminal position location, tracking and prediction are becomingimportant areas of research for advanced cellular communications.Methods for mobile terminal location are evaluated using simulations. To obtain accurate simulation results, the simulation environment and terminalmotion model must be as realistic as possible. This paper describes a simulation system for mobile terminals located within vehicles in dense urban environments. These are the mobiles with the greatest need for locationpredictions in the environments of greatest interest to network providers. Theradio propagation model is based on well known multipath radio propagationmodels. The motion model combines an accurate kinematic model for vehicular motion with a driver decision model to mimic human driving decisions.Simulatedmobile terminal motion tracks are presented, showing how realistic motionsare generated.