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A location service for an ad hoc or sensor network is an algorithm that on the input of a node’s network identifier returns as its output this node’s physical location. A location service sits between the similar sounding concepts of localization or positioning, which is treated in Chapter 15, i.e., how a node determines its own position (e.g., by using GPS or triangulation relative to other nodes), and location-based services, i.e., services that need to be aware of the client’s location (e.g., restaurant or gas station recommender systems). A similar, but different problem is the selection of the most conveniently located node.
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Fabian, B., Fischmann, M., Gürses, S.F. (2007). Location Services. In: Wagner, D., Wattenhofer, R. (eds) Algorithms for Sensor and Ad Hoc Networks. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4621. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74991-2_14
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