2006•Unpublished venueRequires access
Are GSM Phones THE Solution for Localization?
I. Smith, K. Tang, T. Sohn, F. Potter, A. LaMarca, J. Hightower, D. Haehnel, J. Froehlich, E. de Lara, M.Y. Chen, A. Varshavsky, I. Smith, K. Tang, T. Sohn, F. Potter, A. LaMarca, J. Hightower, D. Haehnel, J. Froehlich, E. de Lara, M.Y. Chen, A. Varshavsky
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Abstract
In this paper, we argue that localization solution based on cellular phone technology, specifically GSM phones, is a sufficient and attractive option in terms of coverage and accuracy for a wide range of indoor, outdoor, and place-based location-aware applications. We present preliminary results that indicate that GSM-based localization systems have the potential to detect the places that people visit in their everyday lives, and can achieve median localization accuracies of 5 and 75 meters for indoor and outdoor environments, respectively