Symbol Timing Acquisition for Collaborative OFDM WLAN-Based A-GPS
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چکیده
Wide deployment of the 802.11g/n protocols for implementing next generation WLAN has encouraged research on the integration of these networks and GPS as a promising approach to enhance GPS for indoor positioning. WLAN, or WiFi, using the 802.11 standards, can be employed in several different ways as a complementary positioning technology for GPS navigation and the two can be used in an integrated framework to provide a continuous and robust positioning service. This paper presents receiver-level integration of 802.11g OFDM signals and GPS for a WiFi-based Assisted-GPS acquisition in a multipath NLOS environment. Although previous research has been conducted to accomplish A-GPS systems using assistance information from other wireless networks (such as cellular networks), a lack of research exists to exploit 802.11 WLAN signals in order to provide complete assistance information including frequency, approximate user position and fine time assistance. Several practical time-domain OFDM timing techniques are evaluated under multipath conditions and an algorithm for relative time estimation is developed that is sufficient to enable an effective and complete WiFi-based A-GPS service. The proposed system can be deployed in places where WiFi coverage is available and where there is no or limited access to other synchronized systems. Examples include WiFi enabled mobile devices deployed on university campuses, hospitals and shopping malls, or tablet computers being used on public WiFi networks.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- IJWIN
دوره 20 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013