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last updated: March 21, 2003
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Location-based applications allow end users to
find community services near their location such as hotels,
restaurants, pharmacies, banks, gas stations, and many other
neighborhood services. These applications are effective in both
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| Location-based Service |
A service that tracks a cellular phone user's
location within the mobile network and provides a variety of
additional services: E911 service automatically notifies an
emergency center of a user's location when he/she is in an urgent
situation. Location Based Billing Service provides a discount
rate when calling and receiving at a specific area. Tracking
service grasps and manages the location of a person and an object.
Location Based Information Service provides local information
on the area near subscribers. All these services are made possible
by a wide range of technology; GPS + Cell based (location)Tracking,
Measuring Signal Attenuation (between a subscriber's hardware
and a base station), Server Aided GPS System, Assisted GPS Tracking
made of DSP Software based device and TOA(Time Of Arrival)/TDOA(Time
Difference Of Arrival) Tracking. Server Aided GPS System was
developed by SnapTrack, tested and verified at CDMA, GSM networks
and is now under commercialization. |
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