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Cellular network technologies and radar sensing technologies have been developing in parallel for decades. Instead of developing two individual technologies, the 6G cellular network is expected to naturally support both communication and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-11 Yi Geng , Deep Shrestha , Vijaya Yajnanarayana , Erik Dahlman , Ali Behravan

Radio-based localization in dynamic environments, such as urban and vehicular settings, requires systems that efficiently adapt to varying signal conditions and environmental changes. Factors like multipath interference and obstructions…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-09 Ilayda Yaman , Guoda Tian , Dino Pjanic , Fredrik Tufvesson , Ove Edfors , Zhengya Zhang , Liang Liu

Efficient localization plays a vital role in many modern applications of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) and Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which would contribute to improved control, safety, power economy, etc. The ubiquitous 5G NR (New…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Meisam Kabiri , Claudio Cimarelli , Hriday Bavle , Jose Luis Sanchez-Lopez , Holger Voos

New radio (NR) positioning in the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 18 (Rel-18) enables 5G-advanced networks to achieve ultra-high accuracy positioning without dependence on global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-01 Hyun-Su Cha , Gilsoo Lee , Amitava Ghosh , Matthew Baker , Sean Kelley , Juergen Hofmann

Radio frequency (RF) signal-based localization using modern cellular networks has emerged as a promising solution to accurately locate objects in challenging environments. One of the most promising solutions for situations involving…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-17 Junshi Chen , Xuhong Li , Russ Whiton , Erik Leitinger , Fredrik Tufvesson

The problem of multi-robot target tracking asks for actively planning the joint motion of robots to track targets. In this paper, we focus on such target tracking problems in adversarial environments, where attacks or failures may…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-22 Lifeng Zhou , Vijay Kumar

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) 5G New Radio (NR) communication systems, with their high-resolution antenna arrays and extensive bandwidth, offer a transformative opportunity for high-throughput data transmission and advanced environmental…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-08 Tao Du , Jie Yang , Fan Liu , Jiaxiang Guo , Shuqiang Xia , Chao-Kai Wen , Shi Jin

This paper presents an approach to tackle the problem of tram localization through utilizing a custom processing of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) observables and the track map. The method is motivated by suboptimal performance…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-11 Jakub Kašpar , Vít Fanta , Vladimír Havlena

The integration of non-terrestrial networks (NTN) into 5G new radio (NR) has opened up the possibility of developing a new positioning infrastructure using NR signals from Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Compared to existing Global…

Private fifth-generation (5G) networks are increasingly becoming the industrys' choice of wireless communication networks for accelerating production processes. In this context, the role of 5G in providing precise positioning services in…

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

In this paper, we investigate sub-6 GHz V2X sidelink positioning scenarios in 5G vehicular networks through a comprehensive end-to-end methodology encompassing ray-tracing-based channel modeling, novel theoretical performance bounds,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-24 Yu Ge , Maximilian Stark , Musa Furkan Keskin , Frank Hofmann , Thomas Hansen , Henk Wymeersch

This paper deals with the problem of localization in a cellular network in a dense urban scenario. Global Navigation Satellite System typically performs poorly in urban environments when there is no line-of-sight between the devices and the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-11 Çağkan Yapar , Ron Levie , Gitta Kutyniok , Giuseppe Caire

Ray tracing accelerated with graphics processing units (GPUs) is an accurate and efficient simulation technique of wireless communication channels. In this paper, we extend a GPU-accelerated ray tracer (RT) to support the effects of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-21 Sara Sandh , Hamed Radpour , Benjamin Rainer , Markus Hofer , Thomas Zemen

Radio propagation modeling is essential in telecommunication research, as radio channels result from complex interactions with environmental objects. Recently, Machine Learning has been attracting attention as a potential alternative to…

Joint communication and sensing allows the utilization of common spectral resources for communication and localization, reducing the cost of deployment. By using fifth generation (5G) New Radio (NR) (i.e., the 3rd Generation Partnership…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-08 O. Kanhere , S. Goyal , M. Beluri , T. S. Rappaport

This paper presents a complete signal-processing chain for multistatic integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) using 5G Positioning Reference Signal (PRS). We consider a distributed architecture in which one gNB transmits a periodic…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-08 Yalin E. Sagduyu , Kemal Davaslioglu , Tugba Erpek , Sastry Kompella , Gustave Anderson , Jonathan Ashdown

In this paper, we study the localization problem in dense urban settings. In such environments, Global Navigation Satellite Systems fail to provide good accuracy due to low likelihood of line-of-sight (LOS) links between the receiver (Rx)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-02 Çağkan Yapar , Fabian Jaensch , Ron Levie , Giuseppe Caire

Ray tracing (RT) is instrumental in 6G research in order to generate spatially-consistent and environment-specific channel impulse responses (CIRs). While acquiring accurate scene geometries is now relatively straightforward, determining…

In this work, we consider a method of searching of the direction of a wireless network development (the places of new access points or base stations etc.) optimized with criteria of coverage of important territories and minimum cost of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-09-03 Lev Kazakovtsev

Numerous protocols for geocast have been proposed in literature. It has been shown that explicit route setup approaches perform poorly with VANETs due to limited route lifetime and frequent network fragmentation. The broadcast based…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-04-04 Harshvardhan P. Joshi , Mihail L. Sichitiu , Maria Kihl