Real-time UWB indoor positioning system with millimeter 3-D dynamic accuracy

Author

Kuhn, Michael ; Zhang, Cemin ; Mahfouz, Mohamed ; Fathy, Aly E.

Author_Institution

Mech., Aero., & Biomed. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

1-5 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A real-time UWB positioning system has been developed which has dynamic 3D accuracy of better than 6 mm and static 3D accuracy of 3-4 mm. This accuracy is an order of magnitude higher than currently available commercial UWB tracking systems and opens up new applications for indoor wireless positioning including robot tracking, patient monitoring, and tracking during computer assisted surgeries. 3D experimental results are included for both dynamic and static real-time experiments using an optical tracking system with 3D accuracy of 0.3 mm as a gold standard for reference.

Keywords

indoor communication; radionavigation; ultra wideband communication; computer assisted surgery; dynamic 3D accuracy; indoor wireless positioning; optical tracking system; patient monitoring; real-time UWB indoor positioning system; robot tracking; static 3D accuracy; Aerodynamics; Base stations; Detection algorithms; Hospitals; Optical filters; Patient monitoring; Phase noise; Real time systems; Robots; Signal generators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2009. APSURSI '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Charleston, SC

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3647-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2009.5172329

Filename

5172329