Optimized anchors placement: An analytical approach in UWB-based TDOA localization

Author

Monica, Stefania ; Ferrari, Giorgio

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Parma, Parma, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

1-5 July 2013

Firstpage

982

Lastpage

987

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the problem of locating an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) which moves on a plane in an industrial environment by means of Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) signaling from fixed Anchors Nodes (ANs) situated in the (three-dimensional) space. An analytical approach to optimize, under proper (realistic) constraints, the placement of the ANs used to locate the AGV is proposed. Analytical results are confirmed by simulations.

Keywords

direction-of-arrival estimation; telecommunication signalling; ultra wideband communication; AGV; UWB-based TDOA localization; automated guided vehicle; fixed anchors nodes; industrial environment; optimized anchors placement; three-dimensional space; time difference of arrival localization; ultrawide band signaling; Ad hoc networks; Analytical models; Covariance matrices; Equations; Mathematical model; Vectors; Wireless sensor networks; Time Difference Of Arrival (TDOA); Ultra-Wide Band (UWB); localization techniques; optimal anchors placement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), 2013 9th International

Conference_Location

Sardinia

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2479-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWCMC.2013.6583690

Filename

6583690