Since its first installations in 2001 for E911 mobile caller location, Andrew
has been a leader in providing innovative, reliable caller location solutions
for wireless networks. Today, Andrews location solutions portfolio is focused on location-enabling public wireless, wired broadband, internet service
provider, and enterprise and government IP networks, placing the capability
of locating devices into the network. Andrew wireless location systems
can apply various locating technologies, including handset and network-based
as well as hybrid methods, to meet public safety and commercial location-based
service requirements.
Andrews geolocation enabling solutions offers cost efficiencies, capacity
and algorithm enhancements, and greater technology integration in helping carriers
address commercial and regulatory applications (such as information, security
and emergency 911 and 112) in an era of rapidly evolving networks, devices and
customer usage requirements.
These new capabilities and technologies join Andrews existing geolocation
solutions under a new brand GeoLENs (GeoLocation-Enabled Network solutions).
Andrews new platform architecture for digital wireless networks includes capabilities for todays location requirements and next generation networks
such as LTE and WiMAX. Andrew provides the platforms that integrate these solutions
with the deployed networks of today, future-proofing carriers investments and
providing for future growth of these types of location services.
Andrews next generation location platform reduces, onto a single footprint, the processing
capacity and interfaces that previously have been deployed in four-times that
amount of space. The GeoLENs platform also encompasses new software releases,
including operational support software and new location algorithms for E911,
E112 and commercial applications with support for the existing and next generation
of Sun Netra® processors.
Included in the release is the introduction of a new and innovative
location technology, called Multiple Range Estimation Location (MREL), which
meets or exceeds the performance metrics offered by other high-accuracy technologies,
such as U-TDOA, in most environments. The patent-pending MREL will be
ideal for mobile operators that are supporting US E911 Phase II requirements,
commercial location-based services and security applications.
IP Location
by Martin Dawson, James Winterbottom, and Martin Thomson.
With the powerful force of VoIP in the telephony industry, the demand for location determination in IP networks is developing rapidly. IP Location tackles this new technology head on, covering all aspects of location management, delivery, and conveyance within IP networks. Providing a guided tour of location determination, this book gives you the information you need to support this breakthrough technology.
Martin Dawson is the Chief Product Architect for Andrew's GeoLENs™ Mobile Location Center
(MLC). James Winterbottom is a Senior Product Architect for Andrew's
GeoLENs MLC. Martin Thomson is a Product Architect for the Andrew's
GeoLENs MLC..
This book is available through the publisher at books.mcgraw-hill.com or other online suppliers.
Location Systems
IP Location