TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES ii

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 11.1 MOBILE TRACKING 1

1.2 MOBILE POSTIONING 1

1.3 INTRODUCTION TO MOBILE TECHNOLOGY 2

CHAPTER 2: NEED FOR MOBILE TRACKING 3

CHAPTER 3: POSTIONING TECHNIQUES 43.1 MOBILE (HADSET)BASED POSTIONING 4

3.1.1 GLOBAL POSTIONING SYSEM 4

3.1.2 CELL IDENTITY 5

3.2 DIRECTION BASED POSTIONING 6

3.2.1 ANGEL OF ARRIVAL METHOD (AOA) 6

3.3 DISTANCE BASED POSITIONING 7

3.3.1 TIME OF ARRIVAL METHOD (TOA) 7

3.3.2 TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL (TDOA)

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CHAPTER 4: LOCATION TRACKING CURVE METHOD 104.1 PROPOSAL 10

4.2 DESCRIPTION 11

4.3 DETERMINATION OF LOCATION TRACKING CURVE

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4.4 REFRENCE CIRCLE SELECTION 13

CHAPTER 5: BLOCKING OF CELL PHONE TRACKING 16

CHAPTER 6: ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES OF MOBILE TRACKING

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CHAPTER 7: FUTURE WORK AND CONCLUSION 19

REFFERENCE 21

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LIST OF FIGURES

FIG. 1.1 CONFIGURATION OF A TYPICAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK.

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FIG. 3.1 TRILATERATION 4

FIG. 3.2 GLOBAL POSTIONING SYSTEM (GPS) 5

FIG 3.3 CELL IDENTITY 5

FIG. 3.4 ANGLE OF ARRIVAL (AOA) 6

FIG. 3.5 ILLUSTRATES A TYPICAL TOA METHOD FOR LOCATING A MT

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FIG. 3.6 ILLUSTRATES THE TDOA METHOD OF LOCATING A MOBILE TELEPHONE.

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FIG 4.1 FLOWCHART SHOWING THE STEPS INVOLVED IN LOCATING A MOBILE TELEPHONE

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FIG. 4.2 ILLUSTRATES A PROPOSED METHODFOR MOBILE TELEPHONE LOCATION.

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FIG 4.3 ILLUSTRATES THE DETERMINATION OF LOCATION TRACKING CURVE.

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FIG 4.4 ILLUSTRATES THE POSITIONING OF MOBILE BY THE PROPOSED METHOD.

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