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Some important indoor localization applications, such as localizing a lost kid in a shopping mall, call for a new peer-to-peer localization technique that can localize an individual's smartphone or wearables by directly using another's…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-11 Xianan Zhang , Wei Wang , Xuedou Xiao , Hang Yang , Xinyu Zhang , Tao Jiang

Enabling passive sensing of the environment using cellular base stations (BSs) will be one of the disruptive features of the sixth-generation (6G) networks. However, accurate localization and positioning of objects are challenging to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-26 Maximiliano Rivera Figueroa , Pradyumna Kumar Bishoyi , Marina Petrova

Channel Charting is a dimensionality reduction technique that reconstructs a map of the radio environment from similarity relationships found in channel state information. Distances in the channel chart are often computed based on some…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Florian Euchner , Phillip Stephan , Stephan ten Brink

In this paper, we present an algorithm for determining a curve on the earth's terrain on which a stationary emitter must lie according to a single Doppler shift measured on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or a low earth orbit satellite…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-03-13 Qingchen Liu , Samuel P. Drake , Brian D. O. Anderson

Automotive mmWave radar has been widely used in the automotive industry due to its small size, low cost, and complementary advantages to optical sensors (e.g., cameras, LiDAR, etc.) in adverse weathers, e.g., fog, raining, and snowing. On…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-02-23 Pengen Gao , Shengkai Zhang , Wei Wang , Chris Xiaoxuan Lu

Sixth generation (6G) cellular communications are expected to support enhanced wireless localization capabilities. The widespread deployment of large arrays and high-frequency bandwidths give rise to new considerations for localization…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-31 Qianyu Yang , Anna Guerra , Francesco Guidi , Nir Shlezinger , Haiyang Zhang , Davide Dardari , Baoyun Wang , Yonina C. Eldar

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

This letter exploits moving arrays to enable nearfield multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) sensing via a limited number of antenna elements. We consider a scenario where a base station (BS) is equipped with a uniform linear array (ULA) on…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-15 Yilong Chen , Zixiang Ren , Xianghao Yu , Lei Liu , Jie Xu

Integrated Sensing And Communication (ISAC) is recognized as a key enabler for future 6th Generation (6G) networks, combining communication capabilities with pervasive sensing. In such systems, the estimation of the Doppler shift plays a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Zaman Bhalli , Michele Rossi , Joerg Widmer , Marco Canil

This paper considers the problem of beam alignment in a cell-free massive MIMO deployment with multiple access points (APs) and multiple user equipments (UEs) simultaneously operating in the same millimeter wave frequency band. Assuming the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-26 Stefano Buzzi , Carmen D'Andrea , Maria Fresia , Xiaofeng Wu

Owing to the ubiquity of cellular communication signals, positioning with the fifth generation (5G) signal has emerged as a promising solution in global navigation satellite system-denied areas. Unfortunately, although the widely employed…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-09 Mengguan Pan , Shengheng Liu , Peng Liu , Wangdong Qi , Yongming Huang , Wang Zheng , Qihui Wu , Markus Gardill

This paper presents a novel testbed designed for 5th-Generation (5G) positioning using Universal Software Radio Peripherals (USRPs). The testbed integrates multiple units: an Operation Unit for test management, a User Unit equipped with an…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-10 Thodoris Spanos , Fran Fabra , José A. López-Salcedo , Gonzalo Seco-Granados , Nikos Kanistras , Ivan Lapin , Vassilis Paliouras

Movable antenna (MA) is an emerging technology which enables a local movement of the antenna in the transmitter/receiver region for improving the channel condition and communication performance. In this paper, we study the deployment of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-21 Zhenyu Xiao , Xiangyu Pi , Lipeng Zhu , Xiang-Gen Xia , Rui Zhang

This paper studies a passive localization system, where an extremely large-scale antenna array (ELAA) is deployed at the base station (BS) to locate a user equipment (UE) residing in its near-field (Fresnel) region. We propose a novel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-27 Xiaojun Yuan , Yuqing Zheng , Mingchen Zhang , Boyu Teng , Wenjun Jiang

This paper studies a passive localization system, where an extremely large-scale antenna array (ELAA) is deployed at the base station (BS) to locate a user equipment (UE) residing in its near-field (Fresnel) region. We propose a novel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-27 Xiaojun Yuan , Yuqing Zheng , Mingchen Zhang , Boyu Teng , Wenjun Jiang

A fully-asynchronous network with one target sensor and a few anchors (nodes with known locations) is considered. Localization and synchronization are traditionally treated as two separate problems. In this paper, localization and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-01-07 Sundeep Prabhakar Chepuri , Geert Leus , Alle-Jan van der Veen

The Moon is a primary focus of space exploration. Current navigation methods face significant limitations in providing precise location data for lunar missions. In particular, existing methods often require direct Line of Sight to Earth,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-07 Tim Gong , Andrew Dempster

We present the design of a radio antenna system for obtaining instantaneous bearing measurements towards a radio emitter. Our work is motivated by applications where robots are used for localizing and tracking radio-tagged wildlife. The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-03-03 William E. Gerhard , Pratap Tokekar

In the next generation of wireless systems, Massive MIMO offers high angular resolution for localization. By virtue of large number of antennas, the Angle of Arrival (AoA) of User Terminals (UTs) can be estimated with high accuracy.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-11 Masoud Arash , Hamed Mirghasemi , Ivan Stupia , Luc Vandendorpe

In this paper, a single Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicle (UAV)-aided localization algorithm which uses both Doppler and Time of Arrival (ToA) measurements is presented. In contrast to Doppler-based localization algorithms which are based on…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-03 Samaneh Motie , Hadi Zayyani , Mohammad Salman , Hasan Abu Hilal