Wireless sensor positioning with ultrawideband fingerprinting

Author

Malik, Wasim Q. ; Allen, Ben

Author_Institution

Lab. for Inf. & Decision Syst., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA

fYear

2006

fDate

6-10 Nov. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Ultrawideband (UWB) systems offer high spatiotemporal resolution and are therefore well suited to sensor localization applications. In this paper, we consider the use of UWB signals for positioning and ranging based on fingerprinting using a channel impulse response database. We use indoor measurements to demonstrate the reduction in the location estimation ambiguity and false alarm probability with an increase in the channel bandwidth.

Keywords

estimation theory; probability; ultra wideband communication; wireless channels; wireless sensor networks; channel bandwidth; channel impulse response database; false alarm probability; indoor measurements; location estimation ambiguity; sensor localization; spatiotemporal resolution; ultra wideband fingerprinting; wireless sensor positioning; Bandwidth; Databases; Fingerprint recognition; Indoor environments; Radio frequency; Robustness; Scattering; Sensor systems; Ultra wideband technology; Wireless sensor networks; Localization; RF fingerprinting; positioning; ultrawideband (UWB);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2006. EuCAP 2006. First European Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

978-92-9092-937-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUCAP.2006.4584996

Filename

4584996