An Architecture for User Location in Heterogeneous Mobile Networks

Maarten Wegdam, Jeroen van Bemmel, Ko Lagerberg, Peter Leijdekkers

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    Abstract

    Fourth generation mobile networks will allow end-users to roam over different network technologies, such as UMTS, CDMA2000 and Wi-Fi. These mobile networks make it possible to determine the location of the mobile terminal, which can be used by applications to provide enhanced services. Each mobile network technology has its specific way to determine the terminal’s location, and to provide this information to the end-user or mobile application. Mobile application developers should not be exposed to the peculiarities of the different network technologies, and should be offered a network technology independent API to obtain user location information. In this paper we propose an architecture that provides 3rd party mobile application developers with a secure API to obtain the user’s location over heterogeneous networks that are managed by different parties. The proposed architecture is validated by a proof- of-concept implementation using UMTS and Wi-Fi networks.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationHigh Speed Networks and Multimedia Communications
    Subtitle of host publication7th IEEE International Conference, HSNMC 2004, Toulouse, France, June 30 - July 2, 2004. Proceedings
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages479-491
    ISBN (Electronic)978-3-540-25969-5
    ISBN (Print)978-3-540-22262-0
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 30 Jun 2004
    EventHSNMC 2004: Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on High-Speed Networks and Multimedia Communication (HSNMC'04) - Toulouse
    Duration: 30 Jun 20042 Jul 2004

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
    PublisherSpringer
    Volume3079
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743
    ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

    Conference

    ConferenceHSNMC 2004
    CityToulouse
    Period30/06/042/07/04

    Keywords

    • User location
    • Service platform
    • Simple object access protocol
    • Common object request broker
    • Architecture Simple network management protocol

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