A time difference of arrival system architecture for GSM mobile phone localization in search and rescue scenarios

Goetz, Alexander; Zorn, Stefan; Rose, Richard C.; Fischer, Georg; Weigel, Robert

doi:10.1109/wpnc.2011.5961009

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“…Presently, many research institutions have been involved in studying emergency rescue systems based on mobile phone signal searches in disaster scenarios. The most representative of these efforts is the Project I-LOV in Germany, which uses Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) signals for post-disaster relief work [11,12]. However, there are currently few studies on long term evolution (LTE).…”

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Mobile Phone Passive Positioning through the Detection of Uplink Signals for Search and Rescue

Gao

Deng

Zhang

et al. 2019

Sensors

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To satisfy the service requirements of high accuracy and efficient life detection and location for search and rescue (SAR) missions after a disaster, we developed a passive positioning method to locate mobile phones by capturing the random access preamble, which can be applied to fourth-generation (4G) and even fifth-generation (5G) communication systems. We analyzed the characteristics of the random access procedure of a communication system and established a way to detect mobile phones by combining the time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) estimation to determine the location. Then, we performed an experiment and a simulation of preamble sequence acquisition, and the results proved that the method is feasible and has high detection accuracy in high-noise conditions.

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confidence: 99%