Towards state-full positioning of mobile subscribers through advanced cell coverage modeling technique

Abstract

The mobile subscribers' positioning is an essential feature for multiple applications such as navigation, geo-information systems, and location-based service. Having accurate information about the subscriber's location implicitly affects customer satisfaction. Although satellite-based positioning shows remarkable accuracy on the end-user device, the casual deviations and drift are still present. One of the options to supplement satellite-based positioning is to use cellular network-based positioning. Our studies focus on the critical aspect affecting the accuracy of positioning based on mobile cellular network data. In particular, we illustrate how the coverage area model can affect positioning accuracy. Besides, we propose a robust cell coverage modeling technique that improves mobile positioning accuracy based on mobile network data.