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Beyond novel view synthesis, Neural Radiance Fields are useful for applications that interact with the real world. In this paper, we use them as an implicit map of a given scene and propose a camera relocalization algorithm tailored for…

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Spectrum cartography constructs maps of metrics such as channel gain or received signal power across a geographic area of interest using spatially distributed sensor measurements. Applications of these maps include network planning,…

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In the beyond fifth-generation (B5G) and upcoming sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication systems, millimeter (mmWave) wave technology is a promising solution for offering additional bandwidth resources and mitigating spectrum…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-10 Jiawei Zhang , Shihan Wang , Jienan Chen , Fan Wu , Jiyun Tao , Zheqi Gu

The localization of Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in deep tunnels is extremely challenging due to their inaccessibility and hazardous environment. Conventional outdoor localization techniques (such as using GPS) and indoor localization…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-12 Vishal Choudhary , Shashi Kant Gupta , Shaohui Foong , Hock Beng Lim

Due to its agile maneuverability, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have shown great promise for ondemand communications. In practice, UAV-aided aerial base stations are not separate. Instead, they rely on existing satellites/terrestrial…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-10 Xiangling Li , Wei Feng , Yunfei Chen , Cheng-Xiang Wang , Ning Ge

The future of location-aided applications is shaped by the ubiquity of Internet-of-Things devices. As an increasing amount of commercial off-the-shelf radio devices support channel response collection, it is possible to achieve fine-grained…

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Indoor localization for autonomous micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) requires specific localization techniques, since the Global Positioning System (GPS) is usually not available. We present an efficient onboard computer vision approach that…

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While fingerprinting localization is favored for its effectiveness, it is hindered by high data acquisition costs and the inaccuracy of static database-based estimates. Addressing these issues, this letter presents an innovative indoor…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-12 Jiyu Jiao , Xiaojun Wang , Chenpei Han , Yuhua Huang , Yizhuo Zhang

Localization of underwater networks is important in many military and civil applications. Because GPS receivers do not work below the water surface, traditional localization methods form a relative topology of underwater nodes (UWNs) and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-24 Muntasir Mahmud , Mohamed Younis , Gary Carter , Fow-Sen Choa

Autonomous navigation based on precise localization has been widely developed in both academic research and practical applications. The high demand for localization accuracy has been essential for safe robot planing and navigation while it…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-06-07 Huifang Ma , Yue Wang , Li Tang , Sarath Kodagoda , Rong Xiong

Deep learning based localization and mapping has recently attracted significant attention. Instead of creating hand-designed algorithms through exploitation of physical models or geometric theories, deep learning based solutions provide an…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-07-01 Changhao Chen , Bing Wang , Chris Xiaoxuan Lu , Niki Trigoni , Andrew Markham

With the rapid deployments of 5G and 6G networks, accurate modeling of urban radio propagation has become critical for system design and network planning. However, conventional statistical or empirical models fail to fully capture the…

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High-precision positioning is vital for cellular networks to support innovative applications such as extended reality, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and industrial Internet of Things (IoT) systems. Existing positioning algorithms using…

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based radio fingerprinting (FP) outperforms classic localization methods in propagation environments with strong multipath effects. However, the model and data orchestration of FP are time-consuming and costly,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-02 Jonathan Ott , Jonas Pirkl , Maximilian Stahlke , Tobias Feigl , Christopher Mutschler

We present a waypoint planning algorithm for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is teamed with an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) for the task of search and rescue in a subterranean environment. The UAV and UGV are teamed such that the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-12 Matteo De Petrillo , Jared Beard , Yu Gu , Jason N. Gross

Advancements in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology have led to their increased utilization in various commercial and military applications. One such application is signal source search and localization (SSSL) using UAVs, which offers…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-30 Hyeokjun Kwon , Sung Joon Maeng , Ismail Guvenc

Cellular networks are promising to support effective wireless communications for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which will help to enable various long-range UAV applications. However, these networks are optimized for terrestrial users,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-06-04 Hongyu Yang , Jun Zhang , S. H. Song , Khaled B. Lataief

Near-field (NF) line-of-sight (LoS) MIMO systems enable efficient channel state information (CSI) acquisition and precoding by exploiting known antenna geometries at both the base station (BS) and user equipment (UE). This paper introduces…

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Future networks of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will be tasked to carry out ever-increasing complex operations that are time-critical and that require accurate localization performance (e.g., tracking the state of a malicious user).…

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