SGER: Computer Theft Recovery using IP Assisted GPS

本探索性研究的目的是为个人电脑开发新型的互联网辅助全球定位系统（GPS）防盗技术。该方法基于软件GPS无线电装置及其增强的辅助模式操作。当笔记本电脑在盗窃发生后连接到互联网时，电脑会向服务器请求辅助数据，进行计算并无声地报告其位置。辅助功能可以实现室内操作，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。本研究的智力价值在于新概念、算法和辅助格式。提出的解决方案采用非常粗糙的ip地址定位作为参考，并采用适当的新算法来增强软件在不同环境下的运行。目前的其他方法无法在各种无线和有线网络的全球运行中进行比较。传统的辅助GPS定位已标准化，适用于所有蜂窝网络，并被认为是满足紧急呼叫无线安全要求的最知名技术。计算机网络中的参考辅助数据的获取方式不同，与需要定制算法解决方案的蜂窝网络相比，它们是粗糙的。就更广泛的影响而言，笔记本盗窃是一种普遍的计算机犯罪。计算机定位有可能将数十亿美元的数据和计算机损失降到最低。它也有可能实现其他应用，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项目和传播合作，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.