CARRIER CHOICES IN LOCATION : THE SYSTEM INTEGRATOR'S VIEW

Many outside technical and financial considerations will dictate which location tracking method wireless carriers adopt to meet the FCC requirement that wireless calls to 911 centers be trackable within a certain distance by December 31, 2005. Air interface, cell configurations and the degree of propagation of signals all influence the choice. Carriers are also weighing how they will integrate commercial location services and migration to new wireless technologies when they decide on which technology to use for meeting the location mandate.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Advanstar Communications, Incorporated

  131 West First Street
  Duluth, MN  United States  55802-2065
• Authors:
  • Proietti, M
• Publication Date: 2002-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 23-28
• Serial:
  • GPS World
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Advanstar Communications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 1048-5104

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Emergency communication systems; Geometry; Global Positioning System; Location based services; Networks; Radio frequency interference; Wireless communication systems
• Identifier Terms: Fcc E911
• Uncontrolled Terms: Air interfaces
• Subject Areas: Aviation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00926590
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 1 2002 12:00AM