Wireless Location Technology Applications, and Services

This course provides an introduction to mobile positioning systems and procedures. It provides the attendee with an understanding of technologies and methods used to deploy and operate location-based service (LBS) applications. Attendees will learn about opportunities and challenges inherent in engineering, planning and operating LBS applications.

Course Objective: 
  • Understand principles of mobile positioning techniques
  • Understand he process of mobile position data management and conversion to useful location information
  • Identify the standards based LCS and LBS reference architecture, network element function and operation
  • Identify and understand the operation of the major classes of wireless location applications and services
  • Understand the interrelationship of presence and location data
  • Understand how presence detection may occur and be used in applications
  • Understand the role and importance of GIS in wireless location applications and services
  • Understand the challenges and opportunities involved in deploying and operating wireless location technologies, applications, and services
  • Identify the major initiative for standardization of wireless location infrastructure and capabilities
  • Identify the major industry players and their strategies
  • Identify the trends and future for wireless location technologies, applications, and services
Course Outline: 
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Introduction to location management in mobile communications networks
  • 2.1. Mobility management in cellular networks
  • 2.2. Radio access network operations
  • 2.3. Core network operations
  • 3. Mobile positioning
  • 3.1. Positioning issues
  • 3.1.1. GPS
  • 3.1.2. Network based
  • 3.1.3. Handset based
  • 3.2. Positioning techniques
  • 3.2.1. AOA
  • 3.2.2. TDOA
  • 3.2.3. E-OTD
  • 3.2.4. A-GPS
  • 3.2.5. Other techniques: TA, NMR, SIM Toolkit, etc.
  • 3.3. Converting positioning data into useful location information
  • 3.3.1. Issues
  • 3.3.1.1. Availability of PDE and LCS enabled handsets
  • 3.3.1.2. Infrastructure and cost impacts
  • 3.3.1.3. Location data management
  • 3.3.2. Application QoS requirements
  • 4. Mobile location network infrastructure
  • 4.1. GSM LCS reference architecture
  • 4.2. ANSI LBS reference architecture
  • 5. Wireless location applications
  • 5.1. Emergency services
  • 5.2. Location based information
  • 5.3. Location based charging and billing
  • 5.4. Location based mobile games
  • 5.5. Location based messaging
  • 5.6. Tracking, telemetry and telematics applications
  • 5.7. WLAN and PAN based applications
  • 6. Presence and location services
  • 6.1. Obtaining presence information from the network
  • 6.2. The combined use of presence and location data for services
  • 6.2.1. Case study: Mobile Instant Messaging
  • 6.2.2. Case study: Intelligent location based information services
  • 7. Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • 7.1. Data representation
  • 7.1.1. Vector vs. raster data
  • 7.1.2. Geo-coding
  • 7.1.3. Coordinate systems
  • 7.1.3.1. WGS-84
  • 7.1.3.2. Coordinate transformation
  • 7.2. Provisioning and data administration
  • 7.3. GIS and processing of location data
  • 8. Challenges to introduction of mobile location services
  • 8.1. Privacy issues and regulation
  • 8.2. Interoperability issues
  • 8.3. Integration with 2.5G and 3G networks
  • 8.4. Integration with prepay
  • 8.5. Implementation issues
  • 9. Mobile location standardization efforts
  • 9.1. LIF
  • 9.2. OMA
  • 9.3. OpenLS
  • 9.4. MAGIC Service
  • 9.5. WLIA
  • 10. Industry players and direction of industry
  • 10.1. Major players
  • 10.1.1. AutoDesk
  • 10.1.2. Ericsson
  • 10.1.3. Intrado
  • 10.1.4. MapInfo
  • 10.1.5. Nokia
  • 10.1.6. Openwave
  • 10.1.7. Siemens
  • 10.1.8. TCS
  • 10.2. Future of location technology and services
  • 10.2.1. Automatic presence detection and positioning
  • 10.2.2. Presence and location-aware applications
  • 10.2.3. Everything is geo-coded
  • 10.2.4. End-user services customization
Course Logistics: 

Duration: 2 days

Prerequisites: Understanding of basic wireless principles

Category: 
Business Strategy and Planning
Presence and Location
Solutions and Applications

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