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A Cellular Network Database for Fingerprint Positioning Systems

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Besides being a fundamental infrastructure for communication, cellular networks are increasingly exploited for positioning via signal fingerprinting. Here, we focus on cellular signal fingerprinting, where an accurate and comprehensive knowledge of the network is fundamental. We propose an original multilevel database for cellular networks, which can be automatically updated with new fingerprint measurements and makes it possible to execute a number of meaningful analyses. In particular, it allows one to monitor the distribution of cellular networks over countries, to determine the density of cells in different areas, and to detect inconsistencies in fingerprint observations.

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  1. University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia

    Donatella Gubiani

  2. University of Udine, Udine, Italy

    Paolo Gallo, Andrea Viel & Angelo Montanari

  3. u-blox Italia SpA, Trieste, Italy

    Andrea Viel & Andrea Dalla Torre

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  1. University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

    Tatjana Welzer

  2. Alpen Adria University Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria

    Johann Eder

  3. University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

    Vili Podgorelec

  4. Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland

    Robert Wrembel

  5. University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

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  6. Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy

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  7. Poznań University of Technology, Poznan, Poland

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  8. University of Thessaly, Lamia, Greece

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  9. Université Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon, France

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  10. University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

    Aida Kamišalić Latifić

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Gubiani, D., Gallo, P., Viel, A., Dalla Torre, A., Montanari, A. (2019). A Cellular Network Database for Fingerprint Positioning Systems. In: Welzer, T., et al. New Trends in Databases and Information Systems. ADBIS 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1064. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30278-8_14

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