LACBA – A Location-Aware Community-Based Architecture for Realizing Seamless Adaptive Location-Based Services
Conference: European Wireless 2006 - 12th European Wireless Conference 2006 - Enabling Technologies for Wireless Multimedia Communications
04/02/2006 - 04/05/2006 at Athens, Greece
Proceedings: European Wireless 2006
Pages: 7Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Zündt, Maximilian; Ippy, Peter; Laqua, Bernd; Eberspächer, Jörg (Institute of Communication Networks and Center for Digital Technology and Management, Munich University of Technology, Arcisstr. 21, 80290 Munich)
Abstract:
Current location-based services bound to single location sources, service domains and networks are limited in service performance (accuracy, usability etc.), hence lacking broad user acceptance. Ubiquitous, adaptive location-based services using multiple positioning sources considering the distributed nature and varying “quality” of location information are the key to market success. Combining both mobile-operator- and community-based-approaches to location information provisioning, we present LACBA: an open, scalable, self-learning location platform which considers the distributed nature of location information derived from heterogeneous networks and positioning systems. We show how seamless adaptive location-based services can be realized using LACBA, demonstrating the handover between outdoor and indoor positioning systems on a seamless navigation prototype called Ariadne.