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Multi-static backscatter networks (BNs) are strong candidates for joint communication and localization in the ambient IoT paradigm for 6G. Enabling real-time localization in large-scale multi-static deployments with thousands of devices…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-17 Tara Esmaeilbeig , Kartik Patel , Traian E. Abrudan , John Kimionis , Eleftherios Kampianakis , Michael S. Eggleston

Indoor localization systems are most commonly based on Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) measurements of either WiFi or Bluetooth-Low-Energy (BLE) beacons. In such systems, the two most common techniques are trilateration and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-06-17 Ramdoot Pydipaty , Johnu George , Krishna Selvaraju , Amit Saha

Wireless indoor localization has attracted significant research interest due to its high accuracy, low cost, lightweight design, and low power consumption. Specifically, ultra-wideband (UWB) time difference of arrival (TDOA)-based…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Wenda Zhao , Abhishek Goudar , Mingliang Tang , Angela P. Schoellig

In the scope of this paper, the precise positioning of objects with the help of Ultra Wide Band technology is evaluated. To achieve this, a prototype module for the use with the Decawave transceiver DW1000 was implemented and added to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-02 Miro Bilge

Localization is a key feature of future Sixth Generation (6G) net-works with foreseen accuracy requirements down to the millimeter level, to enable novel applications in the fields of telesurgery, high-precision manufacturing, and others.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-25 Andrea Bedin , Joerg Widmer , Melanny Davila , Marco Canil , Rafael Ruiz

Localization and tracking are two very active areas of research for robotics, automation, and the Internet-of-Things. Accurate tracking for a large number of devices usually requires deployment of substantial infrastructure (infrared…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-10 Yanjun Cao , David St-Onge , Andreas Zell , Giovanni Beltrame

Ambient backscatter communication is an emerging and promising low-energy technology for the Internet of Things. In such a system, a tag sends a binary message to a reader by backscattering a radio frequency signal generated by an ambient…

We present the first wireless protocol that scales to hundreds of concurrent transmissions from backscatter devices. Our key innovation is a distributed coding mechanism that works below the noise floor, operates on backscatter devices and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-08-16 Mehrdad Hessar , Ali Najafi , Shyamnath Gollakota

Location-aware communication systems are expected to play a pivotal part in the next generation of mobile communication networks. Therefore, there is a need to understand the localization limits in these networks, particularly, using…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-29 Zohair Abu-Shaban , Xiangyun Zhou , Thushara Abhayapala , Gonzalo Seco-Granados , Henk Wymeersch

Localization based on received signal strength indication (RSSI) is a low cost and low complexity technology, and it is widely applied in distance-based localization of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Error of existed localization…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-12-25 Tie Qiu , Yu Zhou , Feng Xia , Naigao Jin , Lin Feng

Some important indoor localization applications, such as localizing a lost kid in a shopping mall, call for a new peer-to-peer localization technique that can localize an individual's smartphone or wearables by directly using another's…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-11 Xianan Zhang , Wei Wang , Xuedou Xiao , Hang Yang , Xinyu Zhang , Tao Jiang

Accurate and ubiquitous localization is crucial for a variety of applications such as logistics, navigation, intelligent transport, monitoring, control, and also for the benefit of communications. Exploiting millimeter-wave (mmWave) signals…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-02 Mohammad A. Nazari , Gonzalo Seco-Granados , Pontus Johannisson , Henk Wymeersch

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

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) cloud radio access networks (CRANs) provide new opportunities for accurate cooperative localization, in which large bandwidths, large antenna arrays, and increased densities of base stations allow for their…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-08-13 Jie Yang , Shi Jin , Chao-Kai Wen , Jiajia Guo , Michail Matthaiou

Wireless signal strength based localization can enable robust localization for robots using inexpensive sensors. For this, a location-to-signal-strength map has to be learned for each access point in the environment. Due to the ubiquity of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-30 Renato Miyagusuku , Koichi Ozaki

We propose a new approach towards RSS (Received Signal Strength) based wireless localisation for scenarios where, instead of absolute positioning of an object, only the information whether an object is inside or outside of a specific area…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-01-19 Cam Ly Nguyen , Aftab Khan

Due to the practical challenges in the deployment of existing half-duplex systems, the promise of ubiquitous backscatter connectivity has eluded us. To address this, we design the first long-range full-duplex LoRa backscatter reader. We…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-11-10 Mohamad Katanbaf , Anthony Weinand , Vamsi Talla

Ultra-Wideband (UWB) systems are becoming increasingly popular for indoor localization, where range measurements are obtained by measuring the time-of-flight of radio signals. However, the range measurements typically suffer from a…

In this work, we propose a novel approach for high accuracy user localization by merging tools from both millimeter wave (mmWave) imaging and communications. The key idea of the proposed solution is to leverage mmWave imaging to construct a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-20 Mohammed Aladsani , Ahmed Alkhateeb , Georgios C. Trichopoulos

Terahertz (THz) communications are celebrated as key enablers for converged localization and sensing in future sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication systems and beyond. Instead of being a byproduct of the communication system,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-16 Hui Chen , Hadi Sarieddeen , Tarig Ballal , Henk Wymeersch , Mohamed-Slim Alouini , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri