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The accuracy of smartphone-based positioning methods using WiFi usually suffers from ranging errors caused by non-line-of-sight (NLOS) conditions. Previous research usually exploits several statistical features from a long time series…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-11 Yinhuan Dong , Tugrul Arslan

Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology has shown remarkable potential as a low-cost general solution for robot localization. However, limitations of the UWB signal for precise positioning arise from the disturbances caused by the environment…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-12 Umberto Albertin , Mauro Martini , Alessandro Navone , Marcello Chiaberge

Among the various Ultra-wideband (UWB) ranging methods, the absence of uplink communication or centralized computation makes downlink time-difference-of-arrival (DL-TDOA) localization the most suitable for large-scale industrial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-19 Sagnik Bhattacharya , Junyoung Choi , Joohyun Lee

In the past, NLOS propagation was shown to be a source of distortion for radio-based positioning systems. Every NLOS component was perceived as a perturbation which resulted from the lack of temporal and spatial resolution of previous…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-12-06 Rico Mendrzik , Henk Wymeersch , Gerhard Bauch , Zohair Abu-Shaban

Accurate and robust positioning in multipath environments can enable many applications, such as search-and-rescue and asset tracking. For this problem, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology can provide the most accurate range estimates, which are…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2015-11-13 Vladimir Savic , Erik G. Larsson , Javier Ferrer-Coll , Peter Stenumgaard

The provision of accurate localization is an increasingly important feature of wireless networks. To this end, a reliable distinction between line-of-sight (LOS) and non-LOS (NLOS) radio links is necessary to avoid degenerative localization…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-18 Onel L. A. López , Dileep Kumar , Antti Tölli

Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging is an emerging technique for detecting objects behind obstacles or around corners. Recent studies on passive NLOS mainly focus on steady-state measurement and reconstruction methods, which show limitations…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-05 Conghe Wang , Yutong He , Xia Wang , Honghao Huang , Changda Yan , Xin Zhang , Hongwei Chen

One rarely addressed direction in the context of Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) is non-line-of-sight (NLOS) sensing, with the potential to enable use cases like intrusion detection and to increase the value that wireless…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-01 Paolo Tosi , Marcus Henninger , Lucas Giroto de Oliveira , Silvio Mandelli

Ultra-wideband (UWB) is the state-of-the-art and most popular technology for wireless localization. Nevertheless, precise ranging and localization in non-line-of-sight (NLoS) conditions is still an open research topic. Indeed, multipath…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-05-06 Simone Angarano , Vittorio Mazzia , Francesco Salvetti , Giovanni Fantin , Marcello Chiaberge

This paper investigates an infra-structure free global localization of a group of communicating mobile agents (e.g., first responders or exploring robots) via an ultra-wideband (UWB) inter-agent ranging aided dead-reckoning. We propose a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-01 Jianan Zhu , Solmaz S. Kia

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 design a receiver assembling several photomultipliers (PMTs) as an array to increase the field of view (FOV) of the receiver and adapt to multiuser situation over None-line-of-sight (NLOS) ultraviolet (UV) channels. Channel estimation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-26 Yubo Zhang , Yuchen Pan , Chen Gong , Beiyuan Liu , Zhengyuan Xu

The challenging problem of non-line-of-sight (NLOS) localization is critical for many wireless networking applications. The lack of available datasets has made NLOS localization difficult to tackle with ML-driven methods, but recent…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Rafayel Darbinyan , Hrant Khachatrian , Rafayel Mkrtchyan , Theofanis P. Raptis

Conventional intensity cameras recover objects in the direct line-of-sight of the camera, whereas occluded scene parts are considered lost in this process. Non-line-of-sight imaging (NLOS) aims at recovering these occluded objects by…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-09 Wenzheng Chen , Simon Daneau , Fahim Mannan , Felix Heide

This paper proposes two efficient and easy-to-use error mitigation solutions to the problem of three-dimensional (3-D) angle-of-arrival (AOA) source localization in the mixed line-of-sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) indoor…

In NLOS propagation conditions power of direct component can be attenuated significantly. Therefore detection of direct component is aggravated which can degrades accuracy of Time of Arrival mobile positioning. The goal of this paper is to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-02-26 Natasa Begovic , Aleksandar Neskovic

Enhancing 3D and Z-axis positioning accuracy is crucial for effective rescue in indoor emergencies, ensuring safety for emergency responders and at-risk individuals. Additionally, reducing the dependence of a positioning system on fixed…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-15 Gaurav Duggal , R. Michael Buehrer , Harpreet S. Dhillon , Jeffrey H. Reed

Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) tracking has drawn increasing attention in recent years, due to its ability to detect object motion out of sight. Most previous works on NLOS tracking rely on active illumination, e.g., laser, and suffer from high…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-28 Yihao Wang , Zhigang Wang , Bin Zhao , Dong Wang , Mulin Chen , Xuelong Li

Localization systems based on ultra-wide band (UWB) measurements can have unsatisfactory performance in harsh environments due to the presence of non-line-of-sight (NLOS) errors. Learning-based methods for error mitigation have shown great…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-30 Yuxiao Li , Santiago Mazuelas , Yuan Shen

In this paper, we propose a 3D LiDAR aided global navigation satellite system (GNSS) non-line-of-sight (NLOS) mitigation method caused by both static buildings and dynamic objects. A sliding window map describing the surrounding of the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-12-14 Weisong Wen , Li-Ta Hsu