SGER: Computer Theft Recovery using IP Assisted GPS

SGER：使用 IP 辅助 GPS 恢复计算机失窃

• 批准号: 0833852
• 负责人: David Akopian
• 金额: $ 7.19万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at San Antonio
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-11-01 至 2009-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0833852&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SGER; Computer; Theft; Recovery; using

The objective of this exploratory research is to develop novel anti-theft Internet-assisted Global Positioning System (GPS) technology for personal computers. The approach is based on a software GPS radio installation and its enhanced assisted-mode operation. When a notebook computer is connected to the Internet after a theft occurs, the computer will request assistance data from a server to compute and silently report its location. Assistance enables indoor operation and includes information from Internet Protocol (IP) address locators and data from reference GPS receivers.The intellectual merit of the proposed research is in the new concept, algorithms and assistance formats. The proposed solution uses very coarse IP-address location as a reference and employs appropriate novel algorithms for enhanced software operation in diverse environments. Other current methods are not comparable for global operation in various wireless and wired networks. Conventional assisted GPS positioning has been standardized for all cellular networks and recognized as the best known technology to meet the wireless safety mandate for emergency calls. Reference assistant data in computer networks are obtained differently and they are coarse compared with cellular networks requiring customized algorithmic solutions.With respect to broader impacts, notebook theft is a prevalent computer crime. Computer positioning has the potential to minimize multi-billion dollar losses of data and computers. It also has the potential to enable other applications, such as asset tracking and positioning for computer-originated emergency calls. The project aims to enhance the pool of engineering talent in South Texas, including students from underrepresented groups, through cooperation with ongoing educational programs and dissemination.

这项探索性研究的目的是开发用于个人计算机的新型防盗互联网辅助全球定位系统(GPS)技术。该方法基于软件GPS无线电安装及其增强的辅助模式操作。当笔记本电脑在发生盗窃后连接到互联网时，该计算机会向服务器请求辅助数据进行计算并默默报告其位置。辅助可以在室内操作，包括来自互联网协议(IP)地址定位器的信息和来自参考GPS接收器的数据。拟议研究的智力价值体现在新的概念、算法和辅助格式上。提出的解决方案使用非常粗略的IP地址定位作为参考，并采用适当的新颖算法来增强不同环境下的软件操作。其他当前的方法无法在各种无线和有线网络中进行全局操作。传统的辅助GPS定位已经为所有蜂窝网络标准化，并被公认为满足紧急呼叫的无线安全要求的最知名技术。与需要定制算法解决方案的蜂窝网络相比，计算机网络中参考辅助数据的获取方式不同，并且比较粗糙。从更广泛的影响来看，笔记本盗窃是一种普遍存在的计算机犯罪。计算机定位有可能将数十亿美元的数据和计算机损失降至最低。它还有可能支持其他应用，如对计算机发起的紧急呼叫的资产跟踪和定位。该项目旨在通过与正在进行的教育项目和传播合作，加强南得克萨斯州的工程人才库，包括来自代表性不足群体的学生。