3DLoc: Three dimensional wireless localization toolkit

Jizhi Wang, Yinjie Chen, Xinwen Fu, Jie Wang, Wei Yu, Nan Zhang

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Abstract

In this paper, we present 3DLoc: an integrated system of hardware and software toolkits for locating an 802.11-compliant mobile device in a three dimensional (3D) space. 3DLoc features two specialized antennas: an azimuth antenna and an elevation antenna, for detecting the azimuth and elevation angles of a mobile device respectively in real time. To improve positioning accuracy in real-world urban settings, we propose various signal processing techniques such as clustering and wavelet-transform based denoising, and present theoretical analysis of the accuracy of these techniques. With different antenna configurations, 3DLoc is able to track single or multiple targets in one round of azimuth scanning and elevation scanning. We conduct extensive experiments to demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of 3DLoc. 3DLoc can be used in various applications, including wireless network forensics for locating anonymous criminal mobile devices.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationICDCS 2010 - 2010 International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
Pages30-39
Number of pages10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event30th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, ICDCS 2010 - Genova, Italy
Duration: Jun 21 2010Jun 25 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems

Other

Other30th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, ICDCS 2010
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityGenova
Period6/21/106/25/10

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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