Location Awareness in Beyond 5G Networks
Andrea Conti, Flavio Morselli, Zhenyu Liu, Stefania Bartoletti, Santiago Mazuelas, W. C. Lindsey, Moe Z. Win
Abstract
Location awareness is essential for enabling contextual services and for improving network management in 5th generation (5G) and beyond 5G (B5G) networks. This article provides an overview of the expanding opportunities offered by location awareness in wireless networks, discusses soft information (Sll-based approaches for improved location awareness, and presents case studies in conformance with the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standardization by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). Results show that SI-based approaches can provide a new level of location awareness in 5G and B5G networks.
Topics & Concepts
Computer scienceStandardizationWireless networkTelecommunicationsGeneral partnershipComputer network3rd Generation Partnership Project 2Next-generation networkWirelessCellular networkWorld Wide WebTelecommunications linkBusinessFinanceOperating systemThe InternetIndoor and Outdoor Localization TechnologiesEnergy Efficient Wireless Sensor NetworksDistributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms