Geolocation Resources

The NetSim Framework

Poster on Distributed Positioning from the NCCR Fall Review 2002 [pdf]

Related Research Groups

• Berkeley Wireless Research Center (Bob Brodersen and Jan Rabaey)

• Wearable Computing @ ETHZ (Gerhard Tröster)
• Perceptual Computing and Computer Vision @ ETHZ (Bernt Schiele)
• Distributed Systems @ ETHZ (Friedemann Mattern)
• TeCO (HW Gellersen)
• Winlab (Thomasz Imielinski)
• PDOS - MIT (Robert Morris)
• LECS-UCLS (Deborah Estrin)
• ATT Lab Cambridge (Andy Hopper)
• Xerox PARC (Marc Weiser...)
• Randy Katz - UC Berkeley
• Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks @ UCI
• TKN Berlin (Adam Wolisz)
• U Cincinnati (Samir Das)
• Lewis Girod (Deborah Estrin)
  

Wireless Sensor Networks Projects

• PicoRadio (Bob Brodersen, Jan Rabaey)
• Smart Dust Endeavor (Kris Pister, David Culler, Randy Katz)
• Smart It's (Oliver Kasten)
• NCCR MICS - Terminodes (Martin Vetterli)

Ad-Hoc Multihop Routing

• Paper Collection at UCI

Geolocation Research Overview

I collected some of the relevant publications concerning geolocation and ad-hoc networking in this section. It is intended to give a brief overview on the people involved in this field and their approaches, goals and applications. You will not be able to download any of these files outside our domain since some are copyrighted, but you should be able to find the originals with the authors/publications. Otherwise email me. (The copyright lies with the respective owners of each publication.)

• Aokia, Schiele, Pentland - Realtime Personal Positioning System for a Wearable Computers - ISWC 1999 - MIT
• Bahl, Padmanabhan - RADAR: An In-Building RF-based User Location and Tracking System - 2000 - Microsoft Research
• Bahl, Balachandran, Miu, Russell, Voelker, Wang - PAWNs: Satisfying the Need for Ubiquitous Secure Connectivity and Location Services - MS Research
• Bergamo, Mazzini - Localization in Sensor Wetworks with Fading and Mobility - PIMRC 2002 - U Ferrara
• Bettstetter, Xi - Mobility Modelling and the Analysis of Adaptive Clustering Algorithms in Ad Hoc Networks - EPMCC 2001 - TU München
• Beutel - Geolocation in a PicoRadio Environment - MS 1999 - BWRC/ETHZ
• Blazevic, Buttyan, Capkun, Giordano, Hubaux, Le Boudec - Self-Organization in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks: the Approach of Terminodes - 2001 - EPFL
• Bulusu, Heidemann, Estrin - GPS-less Low Cost Outdoor Localization For Very Small Devices - 2000 - ISI/USC
• Bulusu, Heidemann, Estrin - Density Adaptive Algorithms for Beacon Placement in Wireless Sensor Networks - 2001 - UCLA
• Caffery, Stüber - Subscriber Location in CDMA Cellular Networks - 1998 - GATECH
• Caffery, Stüber - Overview of Radiolocation in CDMA Cellular Systems - GATECH
• Caffery - A new approach to the geometry of TOA location - VTS/VTC 2000 - GATECH
• Capkun, Hamdi, Hubaux - GPS free positioning in mobile Ad Hoc networks - HICSS 2001 - EPFL
• Capkun, Hamdi, Hubaux - GPS free positioning in mobile ad-hoc networks - JCC 2002 - EPFL
• Castaneda, Das - Query Localization Techniques for On-demand Routing Protocols in Ad Hoc Networks - MobiCom 1999 - U Cincinnatti
• Chandrashekhar, Choi, Maver, Sieber, Pahlavan - Evaluation of interference between IEEE 802.11b and bluetooth in a typical office environment
  PIMRC 2001 - Worcester Polytechnic
• Chen, Jamieson, Balakrishnan, and Morris - Span: An Energy-Efficient Coordination Algorithm for Topology Maintenance in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, ACM Wireless Networks 2002 - MIT
• Cobbs - GPS Pseudolites: Theory, Design and Applications - 1997 - Stanford
• Drane, Macnaughtan, Scott - Positioning GSM Telephones - 1998 - U Sydney
• Doherty, Pister, El Gahoui - Convex Position Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks - Infocom 2001 - UC Berkeley
• Doherty - Algorithms for Position and Data Recovery in Wireless Sensor Networks - MS 2000 - UC Berkeley
• Domnitcheva - Location Modeling: State of the Art and Challenges - Ubicomp 2001 - ETHZ
• Estrin, Govindan, Heidemann, Kumar - Next Century Challenges: Scalable Coordination in Sensor Networks - 1999 - ISI/USC
• Fleming, Cushner - Low-Power, Miniature, Distributed Position Location and Communication Devices Using Ultra-Wideband Nonsinusoidal Communication Technology - 1995 - Aetherwire Location Inc.
• Fox, Burgard, Kruppa, Thrun - A Probabilistic Approach to Collaborative Multi-Robot Localization - 1999 - CMU
• Fox, Burgard, Kruppa, Thrun - Collaborative Multi-Robot Localization - 1999 - CMU
• Girod, Estrin - Robust Range Estimation Using Acoustic and Multimodal Sensing - 2001 - UCLA
• Golding, Lesch - Indoor navigation using a diverse, cheap set of wearable sensors - ISWC 1999 - Mitsubishi Research
• Grossglauser, Vetterli - Locating Nodes with EASE: Mobility Diffusion of Last Encounters in Ad Hoc Networks - Infocom 2003 - EPFL
• Kee, Yun, Jun, Parkinson, Pullen, Lagenstein - Centimeter-Accuracy Indoor Navigation Using GPS-Like Pseudolites - GPS World 2001
• Ko, Vaidya - Location-Aided Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks - Mobicom 1998
• Jain, Puri, Sengupta - Geographical Routing Using Partial Information for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks - 12/99 - UC Berkeley
• Li, Jannotti, De Couto, Karger, Morris - A Scalable Location Service for Geographic Ad Hoc Routing, MobiCom 2000 - MIT
• Liu, Cheung, Guibas, Zhao - A Dual-Space Approach to Tracking and Sensor Management in Wireless Sensor Networks - WSNA 2002 - PARC/Stanford
• Mc Donald, Znati - A Path Availability Model for Ad Hoc Networks - 1999 - U Pittsburgh
• Mc Donald, Znati - Predicting Node Proximity in Ad Hoc Networks: A least overhead adaptive model for selecting stable routes - 2000 - U Pittsburgh
• Meguerdichian, Slijepcevic, Karayan, Potkonjak - Localized Algorithms In Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks: Location Discovery and Sensor Exposure - MobiHOC 2001 - UCLA
• Meguerdichian, Koushanfar, Qu, Potkonjak - Exposure In Wireless Ad Hoc Sensor Networks - MobiCom 2001
• Megerian, Koushanfar, Qu, Veltri, Potkonjak - Exposure In Wireless Sensor Networks: Theory And Practical Solutions - to appear in the Journal of Wireless Networks, Kluwer, January 2002
• Mudra, Hahnloser, Douglas - Neuromorphic Active Vision Used in Simple Navigation Behavior for a Robot - INI/Uni Zurich
• Nasipuri, Li - A Directionality based Location Discovery Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks - WSNA 2002 - UNC Charlotte
• Niculescu, Nath - Ad hoc Positioning System - GLOBECOM 2001 - Rutgers
• Pahlavan, Krishnamurthy, Beneat - Wideband Radio Propagation Modeling for Indoor Geolocation Applications - 1998 - Worcester Polytechnic
• Porretta, Nepa, Manara, Giannetti - Analysis of Subscriber Radio Location Techniques through a Deterministic Propagation Model - U Pisa
• Priyantha, Chakraborty, Balakrishnan - The Cricket Location-Support System - 2000
• Rabaey, Ammer, Silva, Roundy - PicoRadio supports ad hoc ultra-low power wireless networking - IEEE Computer 2000 - BWRC
• Rodoplu, Meng - Minimum Energy Mobile Wireless Networks - 1999 - Stanford
• Römer - The Lighthouse Location System for Smart Dust - MobiSys 2003 - ETHZ
• Savarese, Beutel, Rabaey - Locationing in Distributed Ad-hoc Wireless Sensor Networks - ICASSP 2001 - BWRC/ETHZ
• Savarese, Rabaey, Langendoen - Robust Positioning Algorithms for Distributed Ad-Hoc Wireless Sensor Networks - USENIX Annual Technical Conference 2001 - BWRC
• Savarese - Robust Positioning Algorithms for Distributed Ad-Hoc Wireless Sensor Networks - MS 2002 - BWRC
• Savvides, Han, Srivastava - Dynamic Fine-Grained Localization in Ad-Hoc Networks of Sensors - MobiCom 2001 - UCLA
• Savvides, Park, Srivastava - The Bits and Flops of the N-hop Multilateration Primitive For Node Localization Problems - WSNA 2002 - UCLA
• Srivastava - Location Discovery in Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks - UCLA
• Tauber - Indoor Location Systems for Pervasive Computing - MIT
• Ward, Jones, Hopper - A New Location Technique for the Active Office - 1997 - ATT Research Cambridge
• Wylie, Holtzmann - The Non-Line Of Sight Problem In Mobile Location Estimation - XXXX - WINLAB
• Xinrong, Pahlavan, Latva-aho, Ylianttila - Comparison of indoor geolocation methods in DSSS and OFDM wireless LAN systems - VTC 2000 - Worcester Polytechnic
• Xinrong, Pahlavan, Latva-aho, Ylianttila - Indoor geolocation using OFDM signals in HIPERLAN/2 wireless LANs - PIMRC 2000 - Worcester Polytechnic
• Werb, Lanzl - Designing a positioning system for finding things and people indoors - 1998 - PinPoint Corp.
• Katz, Pister - UC Berkeley
• Girod
• Pottie
• Heinzelmann, Chandrakasan - MIT
• Hopper - ATT Cambridge
• Xerox PARC

Related Student Projects at ETH ordered by supervisor

Jan Beutel - TIK

• Frey - Topology and Position Estimation in Bluetooth Ad-hoc Networks [pdf] - Diploma Thesis, ETHZ, 2003
• Wandeler - Analyse von Algorithmen zur verteilten Positionierung [pdf] - ETHZ, 2002
• Tschumi - Positionierung in Bluetooth Netzwerken II [pdf] - ETHZ, 2002
• Moser - Positionierung in Bluetooth Netzwerken I [pdf] - ETHZ, 2002
• Burgener, Fercher - Grenzenlose Piconetze mit Bluetooth [pdf] - ETHZ, 2002
• Semadeni, Wernli - Bluetooth Unleashed: Wireless Netzwerk ohne Grenzen [pdf] - ETHZ, 2001
• Strahl - Build Your Own World [pdf] - ETHZ, 2001

Benni Stauffer - TIK

• Fenacci, Grob, Künzli, Zberg - Home Networking - Konzept [pdf] - ETHZ, 2000
• Mathys, Pellmont, Petralia - Home Networking - Implementation [pdf] - ETHZ, 2000
• Mathys - Bluetooth Stack for PalmPilot [pdf] - Diploma Thesis, ETHZ, 2001 - Webpage for software download
• Wirz, Wulff - Bluetooth Networking: Protocol and Application Development - ETHZ 2001
• Pellmont, Petralia - Bluetooth Networking for Smartcards [pdf] - Diploma Thesis, ETHZ 2001

Kay Römer - Distributed Systems Group

• Hinz - Object Tracking With Wireless Sensor Networks [pdf] - Diploma Thesis, ETHZ, 2003

Oliver Kasten - Distributed Systems Group

• Moser, Karrer - The EventCollector Concept: Distributed Infrastructure for Event Generation & Dissemination in Ad Hoc Networks [pdf] - Diploma Thesis, ETHZ, 2001

Philipp Blum - TIK

• Erni, Reichmuth - Bluetooth Anbindung fuer Lego Mindstorms [pdf] - ETHZ, 2002

Herbert Walder

• Lerjen, Zbinden - Reconfigurable Bluetooth Ethernet Bridge [pdf] - Diploma Thesis, ETHZ, 2002

Vincent Lenders - TIK

• Buehrer, Kasper - Jini Discovers Bluetooth [pdf] - ETHZ, 2002
  
  
  

last edited 01/22/2004 /20:03:18 by Jan Beutel