Probabilistic Location Estimate of Passive Mobile Positioning Events

Uurijad, kes on püüdnud mõista inimeste liikumise mustreid, korjavad andmeid mobiilivõrkudelt. Mobiilid teevad sündmuse kirjeid iga kord, kui nendega helistatakse, saadetakse SMSi või kasutatakse Interneti. Sündmuste kirjed sisaldavad informatsiooni sellest, millisesse võrgu transiiversisse mobiiltelefon oli sel hetkel ühendatud. Võrgu ühe transiiveri leviala saab kasutada, et püüda positsioneerida telefoni geograafilist asukohta. Kasutades positsioneerimiseks transiiveri leviala, siis need hinnatavad asukohad pole punktid kaardil, vaid geograafilised alad, kus telefon võib olla kui ta on transiiveriga ühendatud.\n\r Mobiilide ühendamine transiiveritega sõltub mitmest muutujast, mis tähendab, et mobiil ei ole alati ühendatud kõige tugevama signaaliga transiiveriga. See teeb mobiili asukoha hindamise keerulisemaks, sest transiiverite levialad võivad üksteisest üleulatuda.\n\rVõrguplaan kirjeldab võrgus olevate transiiverite levialasid ning seda kasutatakse, et defineerida transiiverite levialasid.\n\rSelles lõputöös hinnatakse mobiilisündmuste positsioneerimise kvaliteeti ruumilise jaotuse tihedusfunktsioonidega. Luuakse erinevad võrguplaani variandid ja erinevate võrguplaanide kvaliteeti hinnatakse Bayesi statistikaga ja kasutatakse reaalsed asukoha andmed. Erinevate võrguplaanide kvaliteeti hinnatakse suurima tõepära meetodiga.\n\rVõrreldi RSSI ja Voronoi põhjal tehtud võrguplaane ja nende modificatsioone ja leiti, et Voronoi võrguplaanide puhul paistis asukoha positsioneerimine paremini kui RSSI võrguplaanide puhul.\n\rLisaks uuriti, kuidas transiiverite levialade üleulatamisel arvestamine Bayesi metoodiga mõjutab asukoha positsioneerimise täpsust. Leiti, et Bayesi levialade üleulatamise metood tegi halvemate võrguplaanide täpsust paremaks, aga paremate võrguplaanide täpsust halvemaks.Researchers, who are trying to understand human mobility patterns, collect data from cellular telephone networks. Mobiles are creating events every time they are used for calling, SMS, or the Internet. The events contain the information, in which network cell that mobile was at the moment of the event. Cell's coverage can be used for estimating the geographical location of the mobile. The estimated locations are not a point on the map, but the possible area, where the mobile may be when they are connected to that specific cell. \n\rMobiles connecting to cells are depending on multiple variables, meaning, that a mobile may not always connect to the cell with the strongest signal. That makes estimation of the mobile location more difficult, as the coverage areas may overlap with each other. \n\rCell plan is a description of cell coverage areas and there are multiple ways for defining cell coverage areas.\n\rThis thesis is about estimating mobile events positioning quality with spatial probability density functions. Different cell plan variants will be implemented and real ground truth location data is used to find the modification that maximizes the likelihood estimation. \n\rCompared RSSI-based and Voronoi-based cell plans and their modifications and was found that Voronoi-based cell plans are better for location positioning than the RSSI-based cell plans.\n\rFurthermore, Bayesian overlapping method was examined to see does applying it would improve location positioning accuracy. It was found that applying Bayesian overlapping methods improved the accuracy of the worse cell plans, but made accuracy worse for the better cell plans

Generalized Analysis and Unified Design of EM Skins

A generalized formulation is derived for the analysis of the field manipulation properties of electromagnetic skins (EMSs) in the working regimes of interest for wireless communications. Based on such a theoretical framework, a unified method for the design of anomalous-reflecting and focusing EMSs is presented. Representative results, from a wide set of numerical experiments, are reported and validated with full-wave HFSS simulations to give the interested readers some insights on the accuracy, the effectiveness, and the computational efficiency of the proposed analysis/synthesis tools

成層圏飛翔体通信における無線通信路及びその性能に関する研究

制度:新 ; 文部省報告番号:甲2383号 ; 学位の種類:博士(国際情報通信学) ; 授与年月日:2007/3/15 ; 早大学位記番号:新447

Artificial neural networks for location estimation and co-cannel interference suppression in cellular networks

This thesis reports on the application of artificial neural networks to two important problems encountered in cellular communications, namely, location estimation and co-channel interference suppression. The prediction of a mobile location using propagation path loss (signal strength) is a very difficult and complex task. Several techniques have been proposed recently mostly based on linearized, geometrical and maximum likelihood methods. An alternative approach based on artificial neural networks is proposed in this thesis which offers the advantages of increased flexibility to adapt to different environments and high speed parallel processing. Location estimation provides users of cellular telephones with information about their location. Some of the existing location estimation techniques such as those used in GPS satellite navigation systems require non-standard features, either from the cellular phone or the cellular network. However, it is possible to use the existing GSM technology for location estimation by taking advantage of the signals transmitted between the phone and the network. This thesis proposes the application of neural networks to predict the location coordinates from signal strength data. New multi-layered perceptron and radial basis function based neural networks are employed for the prediction of mobile locations using signal strength measurements in a simulated COST-231 metropolitan environment. In addition, initial preliminary results using limited available real signal-strength measurements in a metropolitan environment are also reported comparing the performance of the neural predictors with a conventional linear technique. The results indicate that the neural predictors can be trained to provide a near perfect mapping using signal strength measurements from two or more base stations. The second application of neural networks addressed in this thesis, is concerned with adaptive equalization, which is known to be an important technique for combating distortion and Inter-Symbol Interference (ISI) in digital communication channels. However, many communication systems are also impaired by what is known as co-channel interference (CCI). Many digital communications systems such as digital cellular radio (DCR) and dual polarized micro-wave radio, for example, employ frequency re-usage and often exhibit performance limitation due to co-channel interference. The degradation in performance due to CCI is more severe than due to ISI. Therefore, simple and effective interference suppression techniques are required to mitigate the interference for a high-quality signal reception. The current work briefly reviews the application of neural network based non-linear adaptive equalizers to the problem of combating co-channel interference, without a priori knowledge of the channel or co-channel orders. A realistic co-channel system is used as a case study to demonstrate the superior equalization capability of the functional-link neural network based Decision Feedback Equalizer (DFE) compared to other conventional linear and neural network based non-linear adaptive equalizers.This project was funded by Solectron (Scotland) Ltd

The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Report

This quarterly publication provides archival reports on developments in programs managed by JPL's Telecommunications and Mission Operations Directorate (TMOD), which now includes the former Telecommunications and Data Acquisition (TDA) Office. In space communications, radio navigation, radio science, and ground-based radio and radar astronomy, it reports on activities of the Deep Space Network (DSN) in planning, supporting research and technology, implementation, and operations. Also included are standards activity at JPL for space data and information systems and reimbursable DSN work performed for other space agencies through NASA. The preceding work is all performed for NASA's Office of Space Communications (OSC)

Comparative Analysis of CDMA Based Wireless Communication under Radio Propagation Environment

Knowledge of the propagation characteristics of a mobile radio channel is essential to the understanding and design of a cellular system [1]. An appropriate propagation model is required when estimating the link budget or designing a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system [2]. This paper deals with comparative parametric analysis for propagation path loss considering macro cell region using different models and contains comparative study with real measurement obtained from Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited (PBTL), a CDMA based wireless network for city Dhaka, Bangladesh