Development of an UWB Indoor 3D Positioning Radar with Millimeter Accuracy

Author

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

Author_Institution

Dept. of ECE, Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN

fYear

2006

fDate

11-16 June 2006

Firstpage

106

Lastpage

109

Abstract

A high resolution ultra wideband (UWB) positioning radar system based on time difference of arrival (TDOA) has been developed. The UWB radar system provides millimeter accuracy in dense multipath indoor environments for 1D, 2D, and 3D localization. The system is fully compliant with the FCC UWB regulations and utilizes time domain measurements to suppress both multipath signals and non-line of sight (NLOS) errors and has a potential for even sub-mm accuracy

Keywords

direction-of-arrival estimation; indoor communication; time-domain analysis; ultra wideband communication; 1D localization; 2D localization; 3D localization; 3D positioning system; FCC UWB regulations; NLOS errors; UWB positioning system; dense multipath indoor environments; multipath signals; time difference of arrival; time domain measurements; ultra wideband positioning system; Broadband antennas; Indoor environments; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Receiving antennas; Time difference of arrival; Transmitting antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband radar; Ultra wideband technology; Localization; NLOS; UWB; indoor positioning; millimeter resolution; time difference of arrival (TDOA);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2006. IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9541-7

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249940

Filename

4014831