Indoor geolocation using OFDM signals in HIPERLAN/2 wireless LANs

Author

Li, Xinrong ; Pahlavan, Kaveh ; Latva-aho, Matti ; Ylianttila, Mika

Author_Institution

Center for Wireless Inf. Network Studies, Worcester Polytech. Inst., MA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1449

Abstract

With the finalization of new series of IEEE 802.11 and ETSI HIPERLAN standards, it becomes very important and interesting to study the methods to integrate geolocation functionalities into the next generation wireless LANs. We investigate geolocation methods and system architectures using OFDM signals in HIPERLAN/2 wireless LANs. We propose a novel method to measure geolocation metrics by exploiting the HIPERLAN/2 MAC frame structure. Computer simulation results are presented to show the performance of the geolocation systems using OFDM signals

Keywords

IEEE standards; OFDM modulation; access protocols; cellular radio; indoor radio; radio direction-finding; telecommunication standards; wireless LAN; ETSI HIPERLAN standard; HIPERLAN/2 wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 standard; MAC frame structure; OFDM signals; TDOA measurement; TOA measurement; cellular radio; computer simulation results; geolocation metrics; geolocation system performance; indoor geolocation; ranging errors; system architectures; timing errors; timing method; Communication system signaling; Data communication; Indoor environments; Local area networks; OFDM; Signal design; Spread spectrum communication; Telecommunication standards; Wireless LAN; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2000. PIMRC 2000. The 11th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6463-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2000.881658

Filename

881658