Remote local positioning radar

Author

Wiebking, L. ; Glänzer, M. ; Mastela, D. ; Christmann, M. ; Vossiek, M.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Microsystems, Freiburg, Germany

fYear

2004

fDate

19-22 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

191

Lastpage

194

Abstract

Based on the FMCW radar principle a mobile measuring unit simultaneously measures the distance to all modulated active reflector units that are within the range of the base station. This work elaborates on a specific implementation of such a remote positioning system, whose transponder units (tags) are simply attached to various measured objects. The main advantages are the low costs of the mobile units, the high update rate, which is possible in this kind of system, and low power consumption. In contrast to the conventional self-positioning LPR-system it is now possible to measure many mobile tags at the same time in real-time and to build up cell structures in widely ramified buildings.

Keywords

CW radar; FM radar; cellular radio; mobility management (mobile radio); radionavigation; transponders; FMCW radar; base station; cell structures; costs; mobile measuring unit; mobile tags; modulated active reflector units; power consumption; remote local positioning radar; transponder units; update rate; Base stations; Ethernet networks; Frequency; Hardware; Oscillators; Position measurement; Radar; System testing; Time measurement; Transponders;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio and Wireless Conference, 2004 IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8451-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAWCON.2004.1389105

Filename

1389105