Weather Independent Positioning of MS Using Power Slope Patterning Algorithm via One BS

Abstract

Numerous methods have been applied to

accurately determine the location of a mobile station (MS), of

which, most of them require weather dependent parameters.

An efficient method of positioning and mapping a mobile

station in varying weather conditions, without the use of

Global Positioning System (GPS); operable using the preestablished

infrastructure is proposed. Another advantage of

this system is that, only one base station (BS) is utilized. The

uplink control channel power from a mobile station received

by a base station determines the power to be transmitted to

that user. With the change of weather condition, the power

data also changes. However, the collective power level changes

uniformly; allowing their slopes to remain constant in any case.

Extracting the slope of the plot eludes the system from power

amplitude dependency, henceforth making this system

exclusive to weather change.