From cells to streets: Estimating mobile paths with cellular-side data

• Main Authors: Qatar Computing Research Institute, University of Birmingham, University of Washington, Seattle, KWAK, Haewoon
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Street routing; Trajectory estimation; CDRs; Cellular networks; Localization; mobility modeling; Network events; Databases and Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/5658; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/6661/viewcontent/From_Cells_to_Streets.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Through their normal operation, cellular networks are a repository of continuous location information from their subscribed devices. Such information, however, comes at a coarse granularity both in terms of space, as well as time. For otherwise inactive devices, location information can be obtained...