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T-110.456 Next generation cellular networks

Location Services Based on Cellular Systems

Alexei Semenov

06.04.2005

Agenda

• Introduction
• Location Service System Architecture
• Mobile Location Protocol
• Evolution of Location Services
• Different kinds of Location Services
• Requirements for Location Service Platform
• Location Service Platform example
• Real-life Location Service examples

Introduction

• 300 million subscribers in 2003-2004
• Revenues of over $40 billion in 2006
• Mainstream by 2007

Location Service System Architecture (1/2)

Location Service System Architecture (2/2)

Mobile Location Protocol

Evolution of Location Services

Gravitate Inc. (2000) identifies three generations

• f location services:
• 1st gen: user manually inputs location
• 2nd gen: location is automatically determined on the

postal code level

• 3rd gen: location is determined with accuracy of 50-

100m or even higher

Different kinds of Location Services (1/5)

All services can be divided into two types:

• The Third-Party Search Service
• The User Location Notification Service

Different kinds of Location Services (2/5)

• Emergency Services
• Emergency calls
• Automotive assistance
• Navigation Services
• Directions
• Traffic conditions
• Indoor routing
• Group management

Different kinds of Location Services (3/5)

• Information Services
• Travel services
• Mobile yellow pages
• Infotainment services
• Advertising
• Banners, alerts, advertisements
• Entertainment

Different kinds of Location Services (4/5)

• Tracking
• People tracking
• Vehicle tracking
• Personnel tracking
• Product tracking
• Billing
• Location-sensitive billing

Different kinds of Location Services (5/5)

Requirements for Location Service Platform (1/2)

• User requirements – Functional requirements
• Browsing
• Navigation
• Access to catalogue data
• Location-based access
• Personalized access
• Fast access
• Different views
• Usability requirements
• Small amount of data exchange
• Possibility of offline operation
• Simple user interface

Requirements for Location Service Platform (2/2)

• Reliability requirements
• Data reliability
• Software reliability
• Accuracy of algorithms
• Privacy requirements
• Service interoperability requirements

Location Service Platform example

Real-life Location Service examples

• Genie in Japan an Australia
• J-Navi in Japan
• Webraska worldwide
• 911 calls in US
• 112 calls in Europe

Thank you!