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The problem of mobile position estimation in multipath scenarios is addressed. A low-complexity, fully-adaptive algorithm is proposed, based on the pseudo maximum likelihood approach. The processing is done exclusively on-board at the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-02-12 Alessio Fascista , Angelo Coluccia , Giuseppe Ricci

Fifth generation~(5G) networks providing much higher bandwidth and faster data rates will allow connecting vast number of static and mobile devices, sensors, agents, users, machines, and vehicles, supporting Internet-of-Things (IoT),…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-02-14 Sam Safavi , Usman A. Khan , Soummya Kar , José M. F. Moura

Multipath and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) signals are the major causes of poor accuracy of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) in urban areas. Despite the wide usage of the GNSS in populated urban areas, it is difficult to suggest a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-10 Yongjun Lee , Yoola Hwang , Jae Young Ahn , Jiwon Seo , Byungwoon Park

An unknown-position sensor can be localized if there are three or more anchors making time-of-arrival (TOA) measurements of a signal from it. However, the location errors can be very large due to the fact that some of the measurements are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Hongyang Chen , Kenneth W. K. Lui , Zizhuo Wang , H. C. So , H. Vincent Poor

In recent years, the fifth-generation (5G) new radio (NR) signals have emerged as a promising supplementary resource for urban navigation. However, a major challenge in utilizing 5G signals lies in their vulnerability to non-line-of-sight…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-26 Sijia Li , Sergio Vicenzo , Bing Xu

The intrinsic geometric connections between millimeter-wave (mmWave) signals and the propagation environment can be leveraged for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) in 5G and beyond networks. However, estimated channel parameters…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-17 Ossi Kaltiokallio , Elizaveta Rastorgueva-Foi , Jukka Talvitie , Yu Ge , Henk Wymeersch , Mikko Valkama

The precise and accurate indoor positioning using cellular communication technology remains to be a prerequisite for several industrial applications, including the emergence of a new topic of Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC).…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-20 Karthik Muthineni , Alexander Artemenko , Josep Vidal , Montse Nájar

We consider the problem of self-localization by a resource-constrained mobile node given perturbed anchor position information and distance estimates from the anchor nodes. We consider normally-distributed noise in anchor position…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-07 Vikram Kumar , Reza Arablouei , Raja Jurdak , Branislav Kusy , Neil W. Bergmann

This paper proposes a novel positioning technique suitable for use in mobile robots in urban environments in which large global navigation satellite system (GNSS) positioning errors occur because of multipath signals. During GNSS…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Taro Suzuki

5G New Radio (NR) is a key enabler of accurate positioning in smart cities and smart factories. This paper presents the experimental results from three 5G positioning testbeds running open-source OpenAirInterface (OAI) gNB and Core Network…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-08-28 Mohsen Ahadi , Adeel Malik , Omid Esrafilian , Florian Kaltenberger , Cedric Thienot

Achieving the highest levels of autonomy within autonomous vehicles (AVs) requires a precise and dependable positioning solution that is not influenced by the environment. 5G mmWave signals have been extensively studied in the literature to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-04 Sharief Saleh , Qamar Bader , Malek Karaim , Mohamed Elhabiby , Aboelmagd Noureldin

The fundamental limits of single-anchor multi-antenna positioning are investigated. Exploiting the structure of the multiple input-multiple output-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) channel at millimeter-wave…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-04 Anastasios Kakkavas , Mario H. Castañeda García , Richard A. Strirling-Gallacher , Josef A. Nossek

Designing optimal strategies to deploy small cell stations is crucial to meet the quality-of-service requirements in next-generation cellular networks with constrained deployment costs. In this paper, a general deployment framework is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-02-22 Xiangxiang Xu , Walid Saad , Xiujun Zhang , Limin Xiao , Shidong Zhou

Real-time, high-precision localization in large-scale wireless networks faces two primary challenges: clock offsets caused by network asynchrony and non-line-of-sight (NLoS) conditions. To tackle these challenges, we propose a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-29 Yili Deng , Jie Fan , Jiguang He , Baojia Luo , Miaomiao Dong , Zhongyi Huang

With the anticipated increase in the number of low power base stations (BSs) deployed in small cell networks, blockage effects becoming more sensitive on wireless transmissions over high spectrums, variable propagation fading scenarios make…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-12-19 Jiaqi Chen , Fen Bin , Xiaohu Ge , Qiang Li , Cheng-Xiang Wang

We consider a single-anchor multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) system with imperfectly synchronized transmitter (Tx) and receiver (Rx) clocks, where the Rx estimates its position based on…

As we move towards 6G, the demand for high-precision, cost-effective positioning solutions becomes increasingly critical. Single-anchor positioning offers a promising alternative to traditional multi-anchor approaches, particularly in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-06 Thodoris Spanos , Fran Fabra , José A. López-Salcedo , Gonzalo Seco-Granados , Nikos Kanistras , Ivan Lapin , Vassilis Paliouras

Accurate and ubiquitous localization is crucial for a variety of applications such as logistics, navigation, intelligent transport, monitoring, control, and also for the benefit of communications. Exploiting millimeter-wave (mmWave) signals…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-02 Mohammad A. Nazari , Gonzalo Seco-Granados , Pontus Johannisson , Henk Wymeersch

This paper presents key parameters including the line-of-sight (LOS) probability, large-scale path loss, and shadow fading models for the design of future fifth generation (5G) wireless communication systems in urban macro-cellular (UMa)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Shu Sun , Timothy A. Thomas , Theodore S. Rappaport , Huan Nguyen , Istvan Z. Kovacs , Ignacio Rodrigue

The advent of 6G is expected to enable many use cases which may rely on accurate knowledge of the location and orientation of user equipment (UE). The conventional localization methods suffer from limitations such as synchronization and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-06 Srikar Sharma Sadhu , Praful D. Mankar , Santosh Nannuru