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Seeker Wireless

Seeker Wireless is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Seeker Wireless rather than just read about it. In short: Seeker Wireless was a company based in Sydney, Australia, that developed a range of technologies for mobile positioning, including a Hybrid positioning system. Seeker Wireless’ technology used proprietary statistical algorithms to calculate the position of mobile devices based on combinations of cellular, Wi-Fi and/or GPS radio data measured by the terminal.

Key takeaways

Seeker Wireless belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Seeker Wireless to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Seeker Wireless from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Seeker Wireless was a company based in Sydney, Australia, that developed a range of technologies for mobile positioning, including a Hybrid positioning system. Seeker Wireless’ technology used proprietary statistical algorithms to calculate the position of mobile devices based on combinations of cellular, Wi-Fi and/or GPS radio data measured by the terminal. In the majority of their commercial solutions, the processing of the radio data for location determination is performed in the terminal or on the SIM card, providing a distributed, user-plane architecture. Seeker Wireless did however also provide a zone-based charging (geofencing) solution that can be configured to operate as a purely network-based system. The Radio Network databases used for position calculation are provided (and updated) either by a Mobile Network Operator, or by surveying. The data can be kept up-to-date in between Radio Network database uploads by way of automatic network discovery and reporting by the terminal. Commercially deployed services that use Seeker Wireless location technology include the Local Zone and Vodafone Acasa ‘Home Zone’ (FMS) services, deployed by Vodafone New Zealand and Vodafone Romania respectively, and a mobile directory search service, Rednano Locate, deployed by SPH Search in Singapore. Seeker Wireless’ solutions currently support SIM Tool Kit (STK) and various mobile platforms including Symbian S60, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Android and J2ME. In 2011, the intellectual property was acquired by the Safely division of Location Labs

References

External links ITWire - Seeker Wireless 'enhances home zone mobile technology' The Australian - 'We know where you live'

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Seeker Wireless

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Seeker Wireless claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Seeker Wireless before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Seeker Wireless ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Seeker Wireless

In research: Seeker Wireless appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Seeker Wireless in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Seeker Wireless is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Telecommunications companies of Australia, Telecommunications equipment vendors, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Seeker Wireless outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Seeker Wireless in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Seeker Wireless means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Seeker Wireless out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Seeker Wireless in simple terms?

Why does Seeker Wireless matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Seeker Wireless?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Seeker Wireless.