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May 2009 Calendar

CS Masters' Thesis Defense

Title: A Scalable Open Access Location Server
Speaker: Sedat Akkus
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: GMCS 405
Thesis advisor: Dr Yusuf Ozturk

Abstract:
This study presents a scalable open access location server which supports both mobile based and mobile assisted localization solutions. The location server developed in this study enables tracking of mobile devices both in social circles and in forensic applications. The mobile based localization solution is developed as a user plane solution utilizing a combination of short messaging and IP based data networking to carry location information between the mobile device and the server. The mobile assisted localization solution plans to use both control plane and user plane signaling mechanisms offered by carriers. The mobile assisted solution will be enabled through web services offered by wireless carriers. The open access location server developed in this thesis supports live tracking, scheduled tracking and tracking constrained by geofences. It will provide role based access for monitoring and managing the system. An access point is provided to allow third party users to create their own applications thus providing an open access solution. The solution utilizes Google maps and taps into Location Based Service data offered by Content Providers in the system design and development. Along with the location data, user devices are allowed to send an XML data object to the server enabling additional sensory data to be submitted to the server.
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