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WiFi technology has been used pervasively in fine-grained indoor localization, gesture recognition, and adaptive communication. Achieving better performance in these tasks generally boils down to differentiating Line-Of-Sight (LOS) from…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-02-06 Sahib Singh Dhanjal , Maani Ghaffari , Ryan M. Eustice

Conventional methods for water pollutant detection, such as chemical assays and optical spectroscopy, are often invasive, expensive, and unsuitable for real-time, portable monitoring. In this paper, we introduce VibraWave, a novel…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-27 Sagnik Ghosh , Sandip Chakraborty

Ultra-wideband (UWB) is the state-of-the-art and most popular technology for wireless localization. Nevertheless, precise ranging and localization in non-line-of-sight (NLoS) conditions is still an open research topic. Indeed, multipath…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-05-06 Simone Angarano , Vittorio Mazzia , Francesco Salvetti , Giovanni Fantin , Marcello Chiaberge

Body fat percentage and its spatial distribution are clinically important health indicators. However, existing measurement methods often impose a tradeoff between accuracy and accessibility. Clinical-grade techniques, such as Dual-Energy…

Medical Physics · Physics 2026-05-12 Haotang Li , Yili Ren , Zhenyu Qi , Sen He , Kebin Peng , Sheng Tan , Bo Liu , Jiyue Zhao , Zi Wang

Surface cracks are a very common indicator of potential structural faults. Their early detection and monitoring is an important factor in structural health monitoring. Left untreated, they can grow in size over time and require expensive…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-09 Jacob König , Mark Jenkins , Mike Mannion , Peter Barrie , Gordon Morison

The field of human activity recognition has evolved significantly, driven largely by advancements in Internet of Things (IoT) device technology, particularly in personal devices. This study investigates the use of ultra-wideband (UWB)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Aurora Polo-Rodríguez , Juan Carlos Valera , Jesús Peral , David Gil , Javier Medina-Quero

Designing high-performance substrate-integrated waveguide (SIW) filters with both closely spaced and widely separated resonances is challenging. Consequently, there is a growing need for robust methods that reduce reliance on time-consuming…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Mohammad Mashayekhi , Kamran Salehian , Abbas Ozgoli , Saeed Abdollahi , Abdolali Abdipour , Ahmed A. Kishk

The deep learning (DL)-based methods of low-level tasks have many advantages over the traditional camera in terms of hardware prospects, error accumulation and imaging effects. Recently, the application of deep learning to replace the image…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-10-11 Hongyang Chen , Kaisheng Ma

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a promising technology for enhancing wireless communication systems. It adaptively configures massive passive reflecting elements to control wireless channel in a desirable way. Due to hardware…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-04 Rui Sun , Weidong Wang , Li Chen , Guo Wei , Wenyi Zhang

There has been a growing interest in autonomous systems designed to operate in adverse conditions (e.g. smoke, dust), where the visible light spectrum fails. In this context, Ultra-wideband (UWB) radar is capable of penetrating through such…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Charith Premachandra , Achala Athukorala , U-Xuan Tan

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication enables multi-gigabit-per-second data rates but is highly susceptible to path loss and blockage, especially indoors. Many indoor settings, however, include naturally occurring specular surfaces such as…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-14 Raj Sai Sohel Bandari , Amod Ashtekar , Omar Ibrahim , Mohammed E. Eltayeb

This paper presents a deep learning model for simultaneously estimating target and wall parameters in Through-the-Wall Radar. In this work, we consider two modes: single-target and two-targets. In both cases, we consider the permittivity…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-09 Fardin Ghorbani , Hossein Soleimani

Inferring walls configuration of indoor environment could help robot "understand" the environment better. This allows the robot to execute a task that involves inter-room navigation, such as picking an object in the kitchen. In this paper,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-03-29 Ismail Rusli , Bambang Riyanto Trilaksono , Widyawardana Adiprawita

Localization of robots is vital for navigation and path planning, such as in cases where a map of the environment is needed. Ultra-Wideband (UWB) for indoor location systems has been gaining popularity over the years with the introduction…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-23 Muhammad Shalihan , Ran Liu , Chau Yuen

More and more consumer devices implement the IEEE Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) standard to perform distance measurements for sensitive tasks such as keyless entry and startup of modern cars, to find lost items using coin-sized trackers, and for…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Alexander Heinrich , Sören Krollmann , Florentin Putz , Matthias Hollick

In this paper, we propose rWiFiSLAM, an indoor localisation system based on WiFi ranging measurements. Indoor localisation techniques play an important role in mobile robots when they cannot access good quality GPS signals in indoor…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-12-19 Bo Wei , Mingcen Gao , Chengwen Luo , Sen Wang , Jin Zhang

Current scene depth estimation approaches mainly rely on optical sensing, which carries privacy concerns and suffers from estimation ambiguity for distant, shiny, and transparent surfaces/objects. Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-16 Abdelrahman Taha , Hao Luo , Ahmed Alkhateeb

Intrusion detection into computer networks has become one of the most important issues in cybersecurity. Attackers keep on researching and coding to discover new vulnerabilities to penetrate information security system. In consequence…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-12-17 Sergio Hidalgo-Espinoza , Kevin Chamorro-Cupueran , Oscar Chang-Tortolero

With the development of the Internet of Things technology, indoor tracking has become a popular application nowadays, but most existing solutions can only work in line-of-sight scenarios, or require regular re-calibration. In this paper, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-07-10 Feng Zhang , Chen Chen , Beibei Wang , Yi Han , K. J. Ray Liu

Using WiFi signals for indoor localization is the main localization modality of the existing personal indoor localization systems operating on mobile devices. WiFi fingerprinting is also used for mobile robots, as WiFi signals are usually…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-05-01 Michał Nowicki , Jan Wietrzykowski