Geographic Location in the Internet / Edition 1

by Behcet Sarikaya

Overview

Geographic Location in the Internet discusses how to find the location of mobile devices in the wireless Internet, specifically those that involve the determination of the geographic location of mobile devices. 2G systems of GSM, GPRS and 3G systems of UMTS and cdma2000, and other link technologies and an extensive description on how numerical location of the mobile can be tracked real-time also are discussed.

Geographic Location in the Internet covers Session Initiation Prool (SIP) related geographic location tracking as it relates to multimedia applications. The recent application-layer prools for communicating the location information from the mobile device to the applications such as multimedia applications are also covered. Mobile Location Prool (MLP) of the Location Information Forum (LIF) allows access of the geographic location information to the applications using Web prool of HTTP. The Wireless Application Prool (WAP) forum also defined a technical specification for location-based services, which is discussed in detail. A detailed analysis of the location update mechanisms covers various technical issues in location database design, and prools are compared using simulations and providing provocative conclusions.

Geographic search engines utilizing location data that enable users to make location related queries on the Web are also covered.

The book has exclusive coverage of the technical aspects of privacy such as linkability, credentials, pseudonyms, anonymity and identity management. Different scenarios are defined for the targets, owners, location servers and location data sources and the privacy implications are emphasized.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402070976
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	06/30/2002
Series:	The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science , #691
Edition description:	2002
Pages:	214
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Location Based Services.- Geolocation on Cellular Networks.- Location Service in CDMA2000 Networks.- Application of Location Information to SIP.- Prools for Updating Highly Accurate Location Information.- Geographic Search Engines.- The Elements of Location Tracking and Privacy Protection.- Location Information Privacy.

Editorial Reviews

It has been the very lack of geography in the Internet that has made it so quick to get around in, so a report on its discovery there would forebode slow times ahead. Fear not. Here, engineers and economists from companies around the world explain how to make digital location information available to software applications running on mobile devices, which are connected to the Internet with various wireless link-layer techniques. Location-aware, or location-based computing is allowing applications to sense where the device they are running on is in the geographical world, and to modify their settings, user interface, and functions accordingly. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR