Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Estimation of the mobile user position in the cellular communication system in a multipath environment of signal propagation

  • Published:
Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics Aims and scope

    We’re sorry, something doesn't seem to be working properly.

    Please try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, please contact support so we can address the problem.

Abstract

We consider the problem of locating a mobile object (user) in the cellular communication system on the basis of the triangulation method and the Gaussian multipath-channel model under urban conditions of signal propagation. The probability density function of the maximum likelihood estimate of Cartesian coordinates of the user is found if two or three base stations arbitrarily located with respect to one another are used. It is shown that the user-locating error depends on the distance between the base stations, mutual location of the user and the base stations, and the variance of the user-bearing estimation error for each base station. In this case, using the third base station significantly improves the user-locating accuracy.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. J. M. Zagami, S. A. Parl, J. J. Bussgang, and K. D. Melillo, IEEE Commun. Mag., 36, 66 (1998).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. T. S. Rappaport, J. H. Reed, and B. D. Woerner, IEEE Commun. Mag., 34, 33 (1996).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. A. Giordano, M. Chan, and H. Habal, Proc. IEEE PIMRC, 2, 853 (1995).

    Google Scholar 

  4. FCC Docket No. 94-102, “Revision of the commissions rules to insure compatibility with enhanced 911 emergency calling systems,” Tech. Rep. RM-8143, July 1996.

  5. M. I. Skolnik, ed., Radar Handbook, McGraw-Hill, New York (1990).

    Google Scholar 

  6. O. Besson, F. Vincent, P. Stoica, and A. B. Gershman, IEEE Trans. Signal Proces., 48, No. 9, 2506 (2000).

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  7. S. Valaee, B. Champagne, and P. Kabal, IEEE Trans. Signal Proces., 43, No. 9, 2144 (1995).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. D. D. N. Bevan, V. T. Ermolayev, A. G. Flaksman, and I. M. Averin, EURASIP J. Appl. Signal Processing, No. 9, 1321 (2004).

  9. D. D. N. Bevan, V. T. Ermolayev, A. G. Flaksman, et al., in: Proc. 13th European Signal Processing Conf., Turkey, Antalya, 2005.

  10. K. Kuboi, S. Shirota, S. Sakagami, et al., IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technol., 41, 63 (1992).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. H. Holma and A. Toskala, WCDMA for UMTS: Radio Access for Third Generation Mobile Communications, Wiley, New York (2004).

    Google Scholar 

  12. K. I. Pedersen, P. E. Mogensen, and B. H. Fleury, IEEE Trans. Vehicular Techn., 49, No. 2, 437 (2000).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. J. D. Parsons, The Mobile Radio Propagation Channel, Pentech Press, London (1992).

    Google Scholar 

  14. 3GPP TR 25.996. Spatial channel model for Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) simulations, Release 6, 2003.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    V. T. Ermolayev & A. G. Flaksman

  2. Open Joint-Stock Company ‘Mera NN’, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    V. T. Ermolayev, A. G. Flaksman & I. M. Averin

  3. Nortel Networks, Harlow Laboratories, Harlow, UK

    D. D. N. Bevan

Authors
  1. V. T. Ermolayev
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. A. G. Flaksman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. D. D. N. Bevan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. I. M. Averin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to A. G. Flaksman.

Additional information

__________

Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 162–170, February 2008.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Ermolayev, V.T., Flaksman, A.G., Bevan, D.D.N. et al. Estimation of the mobile user position in the cellular communication system in a multipath environment of signal propagation. Radiophys Quantum El 51, 145–152 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11141-008-9011-0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11141-008-9011-0

Keywords

Search

Navigation