This thesis is about the reduction of the power consumption in GPS embedded terminals with periodic position fix to improve the time delay of position determination.When users want to track down the terminal''s location or find out where they are loca...
This thesis is about the reduction of the power consumption in GPS embedded terminals with periodic position fix to improve the time delay of position determination.When users want to track down the terminal''s location or find out where they are located, the terminal first has to obtain the GPS assisted information from the PDE by connecting to the network, and then the PDE calculates the terminal''s coordinates using the GPS calibration measurements from the terminal. All this process, which includes request of the location measurements and actually computation of the final exact location, takes more than tens of seconds of time delay (delay in provided service) specifically in in-building areas where GPS can not be spotted, where the exact location can not be often measured even if the GPS measuring process has already commenced.Therefore, in order to solve those problems during the wireless terminal is powered on, it needs to be set such that it can be periodically recalibrated by the GPS and those recalibrated values need to be saved in the terminal''s memory so that it can reduce the time delay from the request of location. By using the trace of the information that''s been saved in the terminal''s memory, it can be set so that it''ll be easier to determine whether the wireless terminal has gone into buildings and have the capability of checking if it has gone into a specific building.Likewise, while the terminal is turned on, in order calibrate the location, it needs to continuously work the GPS engine which leads to a rapid decrease in terminal''s idle time. This thesis proposes some solutions regarding these issues - reducing 20 ~ 30% of the battery consumption for GPS visible situation that can occur when the wireless terminal periodically calibrates its location to determine the in-building status, and extending the idle time of the terminal by flexibly using the suggested GPS calibration time method according to wireless terminal''s mobility.