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This paper tackles the challenge of accurate positioning in Non-Line-of-Sight (NLoS) environments, with a focus on indoor public safety scenarios where NLoS bias severely impacts localization performance. We explore Diffraction MultiPath…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-05 Gaurav Duggal , Anand M. Kumar , R. Michael Buehrer , Harpreet S. Dhillon , Nishith Tripathi , Jeffrey H. Reed

We propose an indoor localization algorithm for visible light systems by considering effects of non-line-of-sight (NLOS) propagation. The proposed algorithm, named database assisted nonlinear least squares (DA-NLS), utilizes ideas from both…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-11 Ahmet Faruk Saz , Sinan Gezici

The millimeter-wave (mmWave)-based Wi-Fi sensing technology has recently attracted extensive attention since it provides a possibility to realize higher sensing accuracy. However, current works mainly concentrate on sensing scenarios where…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-11 Shiwen He , Kangli Cai , Shiyue Huang , Zhenyu Anz , Wei Huang , Ning Gao

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

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

Exploring channel dimensions has been the driving force behind breakthroughs in successive generations of mobile communication systems. In 5G, space division multiple access (SDMA) leveraging massive MIMO has been crucial in enhancing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-31 Haoyan Liu , Caijian Jie , Min Yang , Chengguang Li

In the context of single-base station (BS) non-line-of-sight (NLoS) single-epoch localization with the aid of a reflective reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), this paper introduces a novel three-step algorithm that jointly estimates…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-08 Moustafa Rahal , Benoit Denis , Musa Furkan Keskin , Bernard Uguen , Henk Wymeersch

This paper introduces two machine learning optimization algorithms to significantly enhance position estimation in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) aided localization for mobile user equipment in Non-Line-of-Sight conditions.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-06 Rafael A. Aguiar , Nuno Paulino , Luís M. Pessoa

Localization which uses holographic multiple input multiple output surface such as reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has gained increasing attention due to its ability to accurately localize users in non-line-of-sight conditions.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-15 Mengyuan Cao , Haobo Zhang , Boya Di , Hongliang Zhang

This paper deals with radar imaging in non-line of sight (NLOS) with the aid of non-reconfigurable electromagnetic skins (NR-EMSs). NR-EMSs are passive metasurfaces whose reflection properties are defined during the manufacturing process,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-17 Davide Tornielli Bellini , Dario Tagliaferri , Marouan Mizmizi , Stefano Tebaldini , Umberto Spagnolini

We present a novel sound localization algorithm for a non-line-of-sight (NLOS) sound source in indoor environments. Our approach exploits the diffraction properties of sound waves as they bend around a barrier or an obstacle in the scene.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-09-21 Inkyu An , Doheon Lee , Jung-woo Choi , Dinesh Manocha , Sung-eui Yoon

The beam squint phenomenon in massive multi-input and multi-output wideband communications has been widely concerned recently, which generally deteriorates the beamforming performance. In this paper, we find that with the aid of the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-24 Hongliang Luo , Feifei Gao

This paper addresses an uplink localization problem in which the base station (BS) aims to locate a remote user with the aid of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). This paper proposes a strategy in which the user transmits pilots over…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-23 Zhongze Zhang , Tao Jiang , Wei Yu

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

In this paper, we introduce the concept of partially-connected Receiving Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (R-RISs), which refers to metasurfaces designed to efficiently sense electromagnetic waveforms impinging on them, and perform…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-06 Jiguang He , Aymen Fakhreddine , Charles Vanwynsberghe , Henk Wymeersch , George C. Alexandropoulos

Localization using multiple base stations (BSs) has gained much attention for its advantage in localization accuracy. However, the performance of the multi-BS system suffers from its limited number of antennas. To solve the above issue, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-23 Weiqiao Zhu , Mengyuan Cao , Yang Yang , Haobo Zhang , Weijun Hao , Xiaofei Jia , Hongliang Zhang

In this paper, we investigate the problem of estimating the position and the angle of rotation of a mobile station (MS) in a millimeter wave (mmWave) multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) system aided by a reconfigurable intelligent surface…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Sheng Hong , Minghui Li , Cunhua Pan , Marco Di Renzo , Wei Zhang , Lajos Hanzo

The ability to form non-line-of-sight (NLOS) images of changing scenes could be transformative in a variety of fields, including search and rescue, autonomous vehicle navigation, and reconnaissance. Most existing active NLOS methods…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-12 Sheila Seidel , Hoover Rueda-Chacon , Iris Cusini , Federica Villa , Franco Zappa , Christopher Yu , Vivek K Goyal

We consider outdoor optical access points (OAPs), which, enabled by recent advances in metasurface technology, have attracted growing interest. While OAPs promise high data rates and strong physical-layer security, practical deployments…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-23 Meysam Ghanbari , Mohammad Taghi Dabiri , Rula Ammuri , Mazen Hasna , Khalid Qaraqe

This paper introduces an identification method that determines whether a millimeter-wave wireless transmission using directional antennas is being established over a line-of-sight (LOS) or a non-line-of-sight (NLOS) cluster for indoor…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-27 Pengfei Lyu , Aziz Benlarbi-Delaï , Zhuoxiang Ren , Julien Sarrazin