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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 a time-of-arrival (TOA) or pseudorange based positioning system, user location is obtained by observing multiple anchor nodes (AN) at known positions. Utilizing more than one positioning systems, e.g., combining Global Positioning System…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-26 Sihao Zhao , Xiao-Ping Zhang , Xiaowei Cui , Mingquan Lu

In modern radar systems, precise target localization using azimuth and velocity estimation is paramount. Traditional unbiased estimation methods have utilized gradient descent algorithms to reach the theoretical limits of the Cramer Rao…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-24 Shyam Venkatasubramanian , Sandeep Gogineni , Bosung Kang , Muralidhar Rangaswamy

This paper considers N mobile nodes that move together in the vicinity of each other, whose initial poses as well as subsequent movements must be accurately tracked in real time with the assist of M(>=3) reference nodes. By engaging the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2011-08-04 Xingkai Bao , Jing Li

Many complex engineering systems network together functional elements and balance demand loads (e.g.information on data networks, electric power on grids). This allows load spikes to be shifted and avoid a local overload. In mobile wireless…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-01-26 Mengbang Zou , Yu Huang , Weisi Guo

We investigate the problem of time-of-arrival (TOA) based localization under possible non-line-of-sight (NLOS) propagation conditions. To robustify the squared-range-based location estimator, we follow the maximum correntropy criterion,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-13 Wenxin Xiong , Christian Schindelhauer , Hing Cheung So , Zhi Wang

In a visible light positioning (VLP) system, a receiver can estimate its location based on signals transmitted by light emitting diodes (LEDs). In this manuscript, we investigate a quasi-synchronous VLP system, in which the LED transmitters…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-12-17 Ertan Kazikli , Sinan Gezici

Movable antennas (MAs) have emerged as a promising technology to improve wireless communication and sensing performance towards sixth-generation (6G) networks through flexible antenna movement. In this paper, we propose a novel wireless…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-25 Haobin Mao , Lipeng Zhu , Wenyan Ma , Zhenyu Xiao , Xiang-Gen Xia , Rui Zhang

This paper investigates integrated localization and communication in a multi-cell system and proposes a coordinated beamforming algorithm to enhance target localization accuracy while preserving communication performance. Within this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-26 Meidong Xia , Wei Xu , Jindan Xu , Zhenyao He , Zhaohui Yang , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

The paper aims to reveal the relationship between the performance of moving object tracking algorithms and the tracking anchors (station) deployment. The Dilution of Precision (DoP) for Time difference of arrival (TDoA) technique with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-13 Fengyun Zhang , Hao Li , Yulong Ding , Shuang-Hua Yang , Li Yang

We consider a wireless source localization network in which a target node emits localization signals that are used by anchor nodes to estimate the target node position. In addition to target and anchor nodes, there can also exist…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-01 Cuneyd Ozturk , Sinan Gezici

In this paper, the problem of target localization in the presence of outlying sensors is tackled. This problem is important in practice because in many real-world applications the sensors might report irrelevant data unintentionally or…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-15 Alireza Zaeemzadeh , Mohsen Joneidi , Behzad Shahrasbi , Nazanin Rahnavard

Accurate and reliable localization is crucial for various wireless communication applications. Numerous studies have proposed accurate localization methods using hybrid received signal strength (RSS) and angle of arrival (AOA) measurements.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-25 Weizhong Ding , Shengming Chang , Shudi Bao

Movable antennas (MAs) show great promise for enhancing the sensing capabilities of future sixth-generation (6G) networks. With the growing prevalence of near-field propagation at ultra-high frequencies, this paper focuses on the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-08 Yushen Wang , Weidong Mei , Xin Wei , Boyu Ning , Zhi Chen

The maximum likelihood (ML) estimator can be applied to localize a target mobile device using the RSS and TOA. However, the ML estimator for the RSS-TOA-based target localization problem is nonconvex and nonlinear, having no analytical…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-12 Halim Lee , Jiwon Seo

In this paper, we aim to determine the location information of a node deployed in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). We estimate the position of an unknown source node using localization based on linear approach on a single simulation…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-03-27 S Ravindra , S N Jagadeesha

Source localization plays a key role in many applications including radar, wireless and underwater communications. Among various localization methods, the most popular ones are Time-Of-Arrival (TOA), Time-Difference-Of-Arrival (TDOA), and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-07 Nitesh Sahu , Linlong Wu , Prabhu Babu , Bhavani Shankar M. R. , Björn Ottersten

In this study, the optimal jammer placement problem is proposed and analyzed for wireless localization systems. In particular, the optimal location of a jammer node is obtained by maximizing the minimum of the Cramer-Rao lower bounds…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-25 Sinan Gezici , Suat Bayram , Mehmet Necip Kurt , Mohammad Reza Gholami

In this paper, a robust distributed malicious node detection and precise localization and tracking method is proposed for Cluster based Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET). Certificate Authority (CA) node is selected as the most stable node among…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2012-03-19 Shakhakarmi Niraj , Dhadesugoor R. Vaman

The recent trend for extremely massive antenna arrays and high frequencies facilitates localization and sensing, offering increased angular and range resolution. In this letter, we focus on the emerging technology of Dynamic Metasurface…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-25 Ioannis Gavras , George C. Alexandropoulos