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Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) is a task to estimate the robot location and to reconstruct the environment based on observation from sensors such as LIght Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) and camera. It is widely used in robotic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-18 Han Wang , Chen Wang , Lihua Xie

Millimeter wave (mmWave) localization algorithms exploit the quasi-optical propagation of mmWave signals, which yields sparse angular spectra at the receiver. Geometric approaches to angle-based localization typically require to know the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-05-23 Anish Shastri , Joan Palacios , Paolo Casari

Radio-based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) has the potential to provide precise user equipment (UE) localization and environmental sensing capabilities by exploiting radio signals. Most existing approaches leverage…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-04 Xi Zhang , Yu Ge , Ossi Kaltiokallio , Musa Furkan Keskin , Henk Wymeersch , Mikko Valkama

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) enables autonomous robots to navigate and execute their tasks through unknown environments. However, performing SLAM in large environments with a single robot is not efficient, and visual or…

Integrating efficient connectivity, positioning and sensing functionalities into 5G New Radio (NR) and beyond mobile cellular systems is one timely research paradigm, especially at mm-wave and sub-THz bands. In this article, we address the…

Millimeter wave (mmWave) technology is expected to be a major component of 5G wireless networks. Ultra-wide bandwidths of mmWave signals and the possibility of utilizing large number of antennas at the transmitter and the receiver allow…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-08-01 Macey Ruble , Dr. Ismail Guvenc

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) systems in the 30--300 GHz bands are among the fundamental enabling technologies of 5G and beyond 5G, providing large bandwidths, not only for high data rate communication, but also for precise positioning services,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-03 Shengqiang Shen , Henk Wymeersch

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) plays a critical role in integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems for sixth-generation (6G) millimeter-wave (mmWave) networks, enabling environmental awareness and precise user…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-09 Hang Que , Jie Yang , Tao Du , Shuqiang Xia , Chao-Kai Wen , Shi Jin

Simultaneous mapping and localization (SLAM) in an real indoor environment is still a challenging task. Traditional SLAM approaches rely heavily on low-level geometric constraints like corners or lines, which may lead to tracking failure in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-10-01 Xueyang Kang , Shunying Yuan

Visual understanding of 3D environments in real-time, at low power, is a huge computational challenge. Often referred to as SLAM (Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping), it is central to applications spanning domestic and industrial…

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) show great promise in the realm of 6th generation (6G) wireless systems, particularly in the areas of localization and communication. Their cost-effectiveness and energy efficiency enable the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-12 Han Yan , Hua Chen , Wei Liu , Songjie Yang , Gang Wang , Chau Yuen

Precise and real-time rail vehicle localization as well as railway environment monitoring is crucial for railroad safety. In this letter, we propose a multi-LiDAR based simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system for railway…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-12-28 Yusheng Wang , Weiwei Song , Yidong Lou , Fei Huang , Zhiyong Tu , Shimin Zhang

Challenging indoor and urban environments with severe multipath propagation and obstructed LoS (OLoS) degrade classical radio frequency (RF) positioning. Multipath-based simultaneous localization and mapping (MP-SLAM) is a promising remedy,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-01 Benjamin J. B. Deutschmann , Klaus Witrisal , Erik Leitinger

In future wireless networks, the availability of information on the position of mobile agents and the propagation environment can enable new services and increase the throughput and robustness of communications. Multipath-based simultaneous…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-01 Mingchao Liang , Erik Leitinger , Florian Meyer

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), i.e., the reconstruction of the environment represented by a (3D) map and the concurrent pose estimation, has made astonishing progress. Meanwhile, large scale applications aiming at the data…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-06 Vincent Ress , Wei Zhang , David Skuddis , Norbert Haala , Uwe Soergel

Indoor wireless simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is considered as a promising technique to provide positioning services in future 6G systems. However, the accuracy of traditional wireless SLAM system heavily relies on the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-06 Ziang Yang , Haobo Zhang , Boya Di , Hongliang Zhang , Kaigui Bian , Lingyang Song

As a crucial facilitator of future autonomous driving applications, wireless simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) has drawn growing attention recently. However, the accuracy of existing wireless SLAM schemes is limited because the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-17 Haobo Zhang , Ziang Yang , Hongliang Zhang , Boya Di , Lingyang Song

Multipath-based simultaneous localization and mapping (MP-SLAM) is a promising approach in wireless networks for obtaining position information of transmitters and receivers as well as information on the propagation environment. MP-SLAM…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-15 Erik Leitinger , Lukas Wielandner , Alexander Venus , Klaus Witrisal

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is paramount for unmanned systems to achieve self-localization and navigation. It is challenging to perform SLAM in large environments, due to sensor limitations, complexity of the environment,…

Precise indoor localization remains a challenging problem for a variety of essential applications. A promising approach to address this problem is to exchange radio signals between mobile agents and static physical anchors (PAs) that bounce…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-22 Erik Leitinger , Bryan Teague , Wenyu Zhang , Mingchao Liang , Florian Meyer