Radio Frequency Fingerprint-based Mobile User Location: Reduced Search Space using Wave Delay Parameters of Cellular Networks

• Guilherme Henrique Sousa Silva Centro de Informática/UFPE
• Thiago Domingues Centro de Informática/UFPE
• Gabriel Wanderley Silva Centro de Informática/UFPE
• Daniel Cunha Centro de Informática/UFPE

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbrc.2020.12319

Abstract

Radiolocation techniques based on radio frequency fingerprinting have proven to be an interesting alternative to global positioning systems. One of the attractions of the fingerprint technique is the reduction of power consumption through simplified implementations of its steps, such as the mobile user position prediction step. This work presents a modification in the search space reduction technique using the timing advance (TA), a wave delay parameter of cellular networks. Results showed that the prediction time was reduced by an average of 72.63% compared to the original technique, while the training time increased by an average of 60.18%, without compromising the accuracy of the location.

Keywords: User localization, fingerprint, radio frequency, search space, wave delay

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