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Radio localization is a key enabler for joint communication and sensing in the fifth/sixth generation (5G/6G) communication systems. With the help of multipath components (MPCs), localization and mapping tasks can be done with a single base…

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The synergy between extremely large-scale antenna arrays and terahertz technology in sixth-generation networks establishes a near-field wideband transmission environment, enabling the generation of highly focused beams. To leverage this…

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For wireless communications using linear large-scale antenna arrays, we define a receiving coordinate system and parameterization strategy to facilitate the study of the impact of three-dimensional position and rotation of the arrays on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-21 Liqin Ding , Erik G. Ström , Jiliang Zhang

We present the design of a radio antenna system for obtaining instantaneous bearing measurements towards a radio emitter. Our work is motivated by applications where robots are used for localizing and tracking radio-tagged wildlife. The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-03-03 William E. Gerhard , Pratap Tokekar

Applications towards 6G have brought a huge interest towards arrays with a high number of antennas and operating within the millimeter and sub-THz bandwidths for joint communication and localization. With such large arrays, the plane wave…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-10 Anna Guerra , Francesco Guidi , Davide Dardari , Petar M. Djuric

This paper attempts to answer a question: for a given traversal area, how to quantify the geometric impact of anchor placement on localization performance. We present a theoretical framework for quantifying the anchor placement impact. An…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-01-13 Yibei Ling , Scott Alexander , Richard Lau

This paper investigates the localization problem of a network in 2-D and 3-D spaces given the positions of anchor nodes in a global frame and inter-node relative measurements in local coordinate frames. It is assumed that the local frames…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-20 Xu Fang , Xiaolei Li , Lihua Xie

Determining whether nodes can be localized, called localizability detection, is essential for wireless sensor networks (WSNs). This step is required for localizing nodes, achieving low-cost deployments, and identifying prerequisites in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-12-31 Hejun Wu , Ao Ding , Lvzhou Li

Movable antenna (MA) technology exhibits great promise for enhancing the sensing capabilities of future sixth-generation (6G) networks due to its capability to alter antenna array geometry. With the growing prevalence of near-field…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Yushen Wang , Weidong Mei , Xin Wei , Ya Fei Wu , Zhi Chen , Boyu Ning

In the next generation of wireless systems, Massive MIMO offers high angular resolution for localization. By virtue of large number of antennas, the Angle of Arrival (AoA) of User Terminals (UTs) can be estimated with high accuracy.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-11 Masoud Arash , Hamed Mirghasemi , Ivan Stupia , Luc Vandendorpe

Localization of a wireless mobile device or a robot in indoor and GPS-denied environments is a difficult problem, particularly in dynamic scenarios where traditional cameras and LIDAR-based alternative sensing and localization modalities…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-01-14 Ehsan Latif , Ramviyas Parasuraman

In this work, the problem of localizing ground devices (GDs) is studied comparing the performance of four range-free (RF) localization algorithms that use a mobile anchor (MA). All the investigated algorithms are based on the so-called…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-08 Francesco Betti Sorbelli , Sajal K. Das , Cristina M. Pinotti , Giulio Rigoni

We develop a unified Fisher-information framework for localization in environments with both Line-of-Sight (LOS) and Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) paths, focusing on diffraction-dominated NLOS propagation characteristic of Outdoor-to-Indoor…

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Received signal strength based device-free localization has attracted considerable attention in the research society over the past years to locate and track people who are not carrying any electronic device. Typically, the person is…

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The fundamental limits of single-anchor multi-antenna positioning are investigated. Exploiting the structure of the multiple input-multiple output-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) channel at millimeter-wave…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-04 Anastasios Kakkavas , Mario H. Castañeda García , Richard A. Strirling-Gallacher , Josef A. Nossek

This work reports experiences on using radio ranging to position sensors in a grid topology. The implementation is simple, efficient, and could be practically distributed. The paper describes an implementation and experimental result based…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Chen Zhang , Ted Herman

Radio-based localization in dynamic environments, such as urban and vehicular settings, requires systems that efficiently adapt to varying signal conditions and environmental changes. Factors like multipath interference and obstructions…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-09 Ilayda Yaman , Guoda Tian , Dino Pjanic , Fredrik Tufvesson , Ove Edfors , Zhengya Zhang , Liang Liu

Different from most existing distributed localization approaches in static networks where the agents in a network are static, this paper addresses the distributed localization problem in dynamic networks where the positions of the agents…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-19 Xu Fang , Lihua Xie , Xiaolei Li

In this paper, we propose a new wireless sensing system equipped with the movable-antenna (MA) array, which can flexibly adjust the positions of antenna elements for improving the sensing performance over conventional antenna arrays with…

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