SGER: Computer Theft Recovery using IP Assisted GPS

这项探索性研究的目的是开发新的防盗互联网辅助全球定位系统（GPS）技术的个人电脑。 该方法是基于软件GPS无线电装置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，计算机将向服务器请求辅助数据以进行计算并默默报告其位置。 协助使室内操作，并包括来自互联网协议（IP）地址定位器和数据的参考GPS receiveres.The智力价值的拟议研究是在新的概念，算法和援助格式的信息。所提出的解决方案使用非常粗糙的IP地址定位作为参考，并采用适当的新算法，以增强软件操作在不同的环境。 其他当前方法对于各种无线和有线网络中的全局操作是不可比较的。 传统的辅助GPS定位已被标准化用于所有蜂窝网络，并被认为是满足紧急呼叫的无线安全要求的最佳已知技术。 计算机网络中的参考辅助数据以不同的方式获得，并且与需要定制算法解决方案的蜂窝网络相比，它们是粗糙的。 计算机定位有可能最大限度地减少数十亿美元的数据和计算机损失。 它也有可能实现其他应用，例如资产跟踪和定位计算机发起的紧急呼叫。 该项目旨在通过与正在进行的教育计划和传播合作，加强南德克萨斯州的工程人才库，包括来自代表性不足群体的学生。

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.