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Ambient RF (Radio Frequency) energy harvesting technique has recently been proposed as a potential solution to provide proactive energy replenishment for wireless devices. This paper aims to analyze the performance of a battery-free…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-26 Ian Flint , Xiao Lu , Nicolas Privault , Dusit Niyato , Ping Wang

In this work we study the statistical model of source localization based on Range Difference measurements. We investigate the case of planar localization of a source using a minimal configuration of three non aligned receivers. Our analysis…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-06-28 Marco Compagnoni , Roberto Notari , Fabio Antonacci , Augusto Sarti

Global navigation satellite system (GNSS) interference poses a serious threat to reliable positioning, especially in indoor and multipath-rich environments where source localization is highly challenging. In this paper, we formulate GNSS…

This paper experimentally and theoretically investigates the fundamental bounds on radio localization precision of far-field Received Signal Strength (RSS) measurements. RSS measurements are proportional to power-flow measurements…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-02-24 B. J. Dil , F. Gustafsson , B. J. Hoenders

Movable antennas (MAs) have emerged as a promising technology for wireless sensing by reconfiguring antenna positions to exploit additional spatial degrees of freedom (DoFs). This paper investigates a robust movable antenna placement…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-12 Jinjian Liu , Xianxin Song , Xianghao Yu

Reliable and accurate localization of mobile objects is essential for many applications in wireless networks. In range-based localization, the position of the object can be inferred using the distance measurements from wireless signals…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-09-19 Yuan Shen , Wenhan Dai , Moe Z. Win

Node localization algorithms that can be easily integrated into deployed wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and which run seamlessly with proprietary lower layer communication protocols running on off-the-shelf modules can help operators of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-09-09 Pooyan Abouzar , David G. Michelson , Maziyar Hamdi

Location-based services in a wireless network require nodes to know their locations accurately. Conventional solutions rely on contention-based medium access, where only one node can successfully transmit at any time in any neighborhood. In…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-09-10 Ming Gan , Dongning Guo , Xuchu Dai

Pinching antenna (PA) systems have recently emerged as a promising architecture for reconfigurable wireless communications by enabling flexible antenna placement along a dielectric waveguide. However, existing works typically assume perfect…

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Drones will have extensive use cases across various commercial, government, and military sectors, ranging from delivery of consumer goods to search and rescue operations. To maintain the safety and security of people and infrastructure, it…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-04 Priyanka Sinha , Yavuz Yapici , Ismail Guvenc , Esma Turgut , M. Cenk Gursoy

We study efficient deep learning training algorithms that process received wireless signals, if a test Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) estimate is available. We focus on two tasks that facilitate source identification: 1- Identifying the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Xingchen Wang , Shengtai Ju , Xiwen Zhang , Sharan Ramjee , Aly El Gamal

Accurate location information is essential for many wireless sensor network (WSN) applications. A location-aware WSN generally includes two types of nodes: sensors whose locations to be determined and anchors whose locations are known a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-03-17 Liang Heng , Grace Xingxin Gao

We introduce a novel received signal strength intensity (RSSI)-based positioning method using fluid antenna systems (FAS), leveraging their inherent channel correlation properties to improve location accuracy. By enabling a single antenna…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-04 Wenzhi Liu , Zhisheng Rong , Xiayue Liu , Yufei Jiang , Xu Zhu

In this paper, estimation of mobility using received signal strength is presented. In contrast to standard methods, speed can be inferred without the use of any additional hardware like accelerometer, gyroscope or position estimator. The…

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This paper considers the problem of ground user localization based on received signal strength (RSS) measurements obtained by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). We treat UAV-user link channel model parameters and antenna radiation pattern of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-09 Omid Esrafilian , Rajeev Gangula , David Gesbert

Radio frequency sensor networks are becoming increasingly popular as an indoor localization and monitoring technology for gaining unobtrusive situational awareness of the surrounding environment. The localization effort in these networks is…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-05-29 Hüseyin Yiğitler , Riku Jäntti , Ossi Kaltiokallio

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…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-02 Gaurav Duggal , R. Michael Buehrer , Harpreet S. Dhillon , Jeffrey H. Reed

Herein, the problem of simultaneous localization of two sources given a modest number of samples is examined. In particular, the strategy does not require knowledge of the target signatures of the sources a priori, nor does it exploit…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-21 Junting Chen , Urbashi Mitra

This paper presents a novel indoor positioning approach that leverages antenna radiation pattern characteristics through Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) measurements in a single-antenna system. By rotating the antenna or…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-04 Zhisheng Rong , Wenzhi Liu , Xiayue Liu , Zhixiang Xu , Yufei Jiang , Xu Zhu

The Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) is ubiquitously available on commodity WiFi devices but is commonly regarded as too coarse for fine-grained sensing. This paper revisits its sensing potential and presents WiRSSI, a bistatic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-25 Zhongqin Wang , J. Andrew Zhang , Kai Wu , Y. Jay Guo