Location Based Services

LBS

Goal: Provide Location Capability for wireless emergency services
USA: FCC E911 Phase II Rules, see FCC-pages
- Rollout over four years, start Oct 2001, end Dec 2005
- 95% of all handsets must then be location capable with precision between 50-100 m.
Europe: Project LOCUS E112, see Telematica-pages
- Implementation 2003-2005
See Article in Evaluation Engineering from Nigel Wright
Technoligies
- CDMA based: use A-GPS
Testing
- See FCC Guidelines in the EOT 71 bulletin
- Spirents TAS PLTS for CDMA networks using A-GPS and AFLT