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This work performs the design, real-time hardware realization, and experimental evaluation of a positioning system by ultra-violet (UV) communication under photon-level signal detection. The positioning is based on time-difference of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-16 Shihui Yu , Chubing Lv , Yueke Yang , Yuchen Pan , Lei Sun , Juliang Cao , Ruihang Yu , Chen Gong , Wenqi Wu , Zhengyuan Xu

In a time-division broadcast positioning system (TDBPS), localizing mobile targets using classical time difference of arrival (TDOA) methods poses significant challenges. Concurrent TDOA measurements are infeasible because targets receive…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-11 Chenxin Tu , Xiaowei Cui , Gang Liu , Sihao Zhao , Mingquan Lu

The research presented in this paper is aimed at developing a control algorithm for an autonomous surface system carrying a two-sensor array consisting of two acoustic receivers, capable of measuring the time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-28 Filip Mandić , Nikola Mišković , Ivan Lončar

Measuring the Time delay of Arrival (TDOA) between a set of sensors is the basic setup for many applications, such as localization or signal beamforming. This paper presents the set of TDOA matrices, which are built from noise-free TDOA…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-09-06 Jose Velasco , Daniel Pizarro , Javier Macias-Guarasa , Afsaneh Asaei

Underwater source localization problems are complicated and challenging: a) the sound propagation speed is often unknown and the unpredictable ocean current might lead to the uncertainties of sensor parameters (i.e. position and velocity);…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-07-26 Bingbing Zhang , Yongchang Hu , Hongyi Wang , Zhaowen Zhuang

Many applications require positioning. Time of Flight (ToF) methods calculate distances by measuring the propagation time of signals. We present a novel ToF localization method. Our new approach works infrastructure-less, without…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Maximilian von Tschirschnitz , Marcel Wagner , Marc-Oliver Pahl , Georg Carle

Given a network of receivers and transmitters, the process of determining their positions from measured pseudoranges is known as network self-calibration. In this paper we consider 2D networks with synchronized receivers but unsynchronized…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-23 Luca Ferranti , Kalle Åström , Magnus Oskarsson , Jani Boutellier , Juho Kannala

We study time difference of arrival (TDoA)-based algorithms for drone controller localization and analyze TDoA estimation in multipath channels. Building on TDoA estimation, we propose two algorithms to enhance localization accuracy in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-06 Yuhong Wang , Yonghong Zeng , Peng Hui Tan , Sumei Sun , Yugang Ma

In this paper, we consider a time-varying optimization approach to the problem of tracking a moving target using noisy time-of-arrival (TOA) measurements. Specifically, we formulate the problem as that of sequential TOA-based source…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-01-19 Yuen-Man Pun , Anthony Man-Cho So

The vivid success of the emerging wireless sensor technology (WSN) gave rise to the notion of localization in the communications field. Indeed, the interest in localization grew further with the proliferation of the wireless sensor network…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-07-23 Hadeel Elayan , Raed Shubair

Accurately localizing multiple sources is a critical task with various applications in wireless communications, such as emergency services, including natural post-disaster search and rescue operations. However, scenarios where the receiver…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-10 Amir Mansourian , Alireza Fadakar , Saeed Akhavan , Behrouz Maham

Localizing mobile robotic nodes in indoor and GPS-denied environments is a complex problem, particularly in dynamic, unstructured scenarios where traditional cameras and LIDAR-based sensing and localization modalities may fail.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Ehsan Latif , Ramviyas Parasuraman

In this study, we consider the use of seismic sensors for footstep localization in indoor environments. A popular strategy of localization is to use the measured differences in arrival times of source signals at multiple pairs of receivers.…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2013-10-08 R. Bahroun , O. Michel , F. Frassati , M. Carmona , J. L. Lacoume

The generalized cross correlation (GCC) is regarded as the most popular approach for estimating the time difference of arrival (TDOA) between the signals received at two sensors. Time delay estimates are obtained by maximizing the GCC…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-25 Maximo Cobos , Fabio Antonacci , Luca Comanducci , Augusto Sarti

Precise Time-of-Arrival (TOA) estimations of aircraft and drone signals are important for a wide set of applications including aircraft/drone tracking, air traffic data verification, or self-localization. Our focus in this work is on TOA…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-02-21 Roberto Calvo-Palomino , Fabio Ricciato , Blaz Repas , Domenico Giustiniano , Vincent Lenders

Precise localization is one key element of the Internet of Things (IoT). Especially concepts for position estimation when Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are unavailable have moved into the focus. One crucial component for…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-06-09 Thomas Maul , Sebastian Klob , Joerg Robert

This paper studies the use of directional antennas for received signal strength difference (RSSD) based localization using ultra-wideband and demonstrates the achievable accuracy with this localization method applied to UWB. As introduced…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-07-09 Waldemar Gerok , Jürgen Peissig , Thomas Kaiser

A challenging problem in decentralized optimization is to develop algorithms with fast convergence on random and time varying topologies under unreliable and bandwidth-constrained communication network. This paper studies a stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-29 Chung-Yiu Yau , Haoming Liu , Hoi-To Wai

The paper aims to reveal the relationship between the performance of moving object tracking algorithms and the tracking anchors (station) deployment. The Dilution of Precision (DoP) for Time difference of arrival (TDoA) technique with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-13 Fengyun Zhang , Hao Li , Yulong Ding , Shuang-Hua Yang , Li Yang

The complex and dynamic propagation of oscillations and waves is often triggered by sources at unknown locations. Accurate source localization enables the elimination of the rotor core in atrial fibrillation (AFib) as an effective treatment…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-14 Chinmay Sahu , Mahesh Banavar , Jie Sun