Analysis of RSSI based positioning with multiband OFDM UWB

Andreas Waadt*, Admir Burnic, Dong Xu, Christian Kocks, Shangbo Wang, Peter Jung

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Ultra-wideband (UWB) enables accurate Localization and Tracking (LT) applications. However, the required and sophisticated time of arrival (ToA) ranging procedure relies on accurate synchronization and time measurements. Today, only few UWB devices support the required ranging feature. Examples are pulse based low data rate (LDR) UWB devices. Conventional multiband OFDM based high data rate (HDR) UWB devices do not support the ToA ranging feature. But the ultra wide frequency bandwidth of UWB enables not only high resolution of space surrounding UWB transceivers and therefore accurate time measurements, its enormous frequency diversity also minimizes fading effects. This allows reliable distance measurements, based on measurements of the received signal strength (RSS). This paper shows, that RSS based localization can be as accurate as ToA based localization. For this purpose, measurement results of the RSS and a derived pathloss model are used to calibrate a Monte Carlo simulator for RSS based ranging and localization. The RSS measurements are done with conventional Certified Wireless USB (CWUSB) sticks, using HDR UWB. For a small 4 x 4 meters network, the simulation results show mean localization errors between 0.1 and 0.3 meters.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2010 Future Network and Mobile Summit
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event2010 Future Network and Mobile Summit - Florence, Italy
Duration: 16 Jun 201018 Jun 2010

Publication series

Name2010 Future Network and Mobile Summit

Conference

Conference2010 Future Network and Mobile Summit
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityFlorence
Period16/06/1018/06/10

Keywords

  • ECMA-368
  • Localization
  • Location and tracking
  • Multiband OFDM
  • Pathloss
  • Positioning
  • UWB

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