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This paper studies a networked sensing system with multiple base stations (BSs), which collaboratively sense the unknown and random three-dimensional (3D) location of a target based on the target-reflected echo signals received at the BSs.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Kaiyue Hou , Shuowen Zhang

This paper addresses the challenges of optimally placing a finite number of sensors to detect Poisson-distributed targets in a bounded domain. We seek to rigorously account for uncertainty in the target arrival model throughout the problem.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-11 Mingyu Kim , Harun Yetkin , Daniel J. Stilwell , Jorge Jimenez , Saurav Shrestha , Nina Stark

Drone base stations can assist cellular networks in a variety of scenarios. To serve the maximum number of users in an area without apriori user distribution information, we proposed a two-stage algorithm to find the optimal deployment of…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-09-20 Xiaohui Li , Li Xing

Ultra-wideband (UWB) time difference of arrival(TDOA)-based localization has emerged as a low-cost and scalable indoor positioning solution. However, in cluttered environments, the performance of UWB TDOA-based localization deteriorates due…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-01 Wenda Zhao , Abhishek Goudar , Mingliang Tang , Xinyuan Qiao , Angela P. Schoellig

It is an essential technique for the moving user nodes (UNs) with clock offset and clock skew to resolve the joint localization and synchronization (JLAS) problem. Existing iterative maximum likelihood methods using sequential one-way…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-25 Ningyan Guo , Sihao Zhao , Xiao-Ping Zhang , Zheng Yao , Xiaowei Cui , Mingquan Lu

Accurate indoor localization is a crucial enabling technology for many robotics applications, from warehouse management to monitoring tasks. Ultra-wideband (UWB) time difference of arrival (TDOA)-based localization is a promising…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-03 Wenda Zhao , Jacopo Panerati , Angela P. Schoellig

Herein, the problem of simultaneous localization of multiple sources given a number of energy samples at different locations is examined. The strategies do not require knowledge of the signal propagation models, nor do they exploit the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-13 Junting Chen , Urbashi Mitra

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication is a promising solution for achieving high data rate and low latency in 5G wireless cellular networks. Since directional beamforming and antenna arrays are exploited in the mmWave networks, accurate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-26 Jiajun He , Young Jin Chun

Large-scale MIMO systems are well known for their advantages in communications, but they also have the potential for providing very accurate localization thanks to their high angular resolution. A difficult problem arising indoors and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-02-13 Nil Garcia , Henk Wymeersch , Erik G. Larsson , Alexander M. Haimovich , Martial Coulon

Directions of arrival (DOA) estimation or localization of sources is an important problem in many applications for which numerous algorithms have been proposed. Most localization methods use block-level processing that combines multiple…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-21 Ruchi Pandey , Santosh Nannuru

We consider the problem of type estimation over unsourced multiple access fading channels in distributed multiple-input multiple-output (D-MIMO) systems. Unlike classical unsourced multiple access, type-based unsourced multiple access…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Kaan Okumus , Khac-Hoang Ngo , Giuseppe Durisi , Erik G. Ström

A distributed antenna system is studied whose goal is to provide data communication and positioning functionalities to Mobile Stations (MSs). Each MS receives data from a number of Base Stations (BSs), and uses the received signal not only…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-04-30 Seongah Jeong , Osvaldo Simeone , Alexander Haimovich , Joonhyuk Kang

We address path-planning for a mobile agent to navigate in an unknown environment with minimum exposure to a spatially and temporally varying threat field. The threat field is estimated using pointwise noisy measurements from a mobile…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-13 Prakash Poudel , Raghvendra V. Cowlagi

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

Accurate estimation of the position of network nodes is essential, e.g., in localization, geographic routing, and vehicular networks. Unfortunately, typical positioning techniques based on ranging or on velocity and angular measurements are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Alessio De Angelis , Carlo Fischione

Test-Time Scaling (TTS) improves the performance of Large Language Models (LLMs) by using additional inference-time computation to explore multiple reasoning paths through search. Yet how to allocate a fixed rollout budget most effectively…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Xinglin Wang , Yiwei Li , Shaoxiong Feng , Peiwen Yuan , Yueqi Zhang , Jiayi Shi , Chuyi Tan , Boyuan Pan , Yao Hu , Kan Li

Massive arrays deployed in millimeter-wave systems enable high angular resolution performance, which in turn facilitates sub-meter localization services. Albeit suboptimal, up to now the most popular localization approach has been based on…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-07 Wenzhe Fan , Shengheng Liu , Chunguo Li , Yongming Huang

This paper proposes a novel algorithm to determine the optimal placement of redundant inertial sensors such as accelerometers and gyroscopes (gyros) for increasing the sensing accuracy. In this paper, we have proposed a novel iterative…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-19 Nitesh Sahu , Prabhu Babu , Arun Kumar , Rajendar Bahl

Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) sensors deployed on the ground are central to observing aerial movements of aircraft. Their unsystematic placement, however, results in over-densification of sensor coverage in some areas…

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Localization in 5G and 6G networks is essential for important use cases such as intelligent transportation, smart factories, and smart cities. Although deep learning has enabled improving localization accuracy, depending on the deployment…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Bac Trinh-Nguyen , Sara Berri , Sin G. Teo , Tram Truong-Huu , Arsenia Chorti