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The Cram\'er-Rao bound (CRB), a well-known lower bound on the performance of any unbiased parameter estimator, has been used to study a wide variety of problems. However, to obtain the CRB, requires an analytical expression for the…

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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

The orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation as a promising signal representation attracts growingcinterest for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), yet its merits over orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)…

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In this paper, we consider a downlink orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system from a base station to a high-speed train (HST) equipped with fully/partly calibrated massive uniform linear antenna-array (ULA) in wireless…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-09-05 Yinghao Ge , Weile Zhang , Feifei Gao , Hlaing Minn

This letter exploits moving arrays to enable nearfield multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) sensing via a limited number of antenna elements. We consider a scenario where a base station (BS) is equipped with a uniform linear array (ULA) on…

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This paper presents bounds, estimators, and signal design strategies for exploiting both known pilot resources and unknown data payload resources in time-of-arrival (TOA)-based positioning systems with orthogonal frequency-division…

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We examine the usability of deep neural networks for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) user positioning solely based on the orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) complex channel coefficients. In contrast to other indoor…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-04-16 Maximilian Arnold , Sebastian Dörner , Sebastian Cammerer , Stephan ten Brink

Wireless cellular networks have many parameters that are normally tuned upon deployment and re-tuned as the network changes. Many operational parameters affect reference signal received power (RSRP), reference signal received quality…

For radio-based time-of-arrival (TOA) positioning systems applied in harsh environments, obstacles in the surroundings and on the vehicle itself will block the signals from the anchors, reduce the number of available TOA measurements and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-19 Xinyuan An , Sihao Zhao , Xiaowei Cui , Gang Liu , Mingquan Lu

A generic modular array architecture is proposed, featuring uniform/non-uniform subarray layouts that allows for flexible deployment. The bistatic near-field sensing system is considered, where the target is located in the near-field of the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-31 Chunwei Meng , Dingyou Ma , Xu Chen , Zhiyong Feng , Yuanwei Liu

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication is a promising solution for achieving high data rate and low latency in 5G wireless cellular networks. Since directional beamforming and antenna arrays are exploited in the mmWave networks, accurate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-26 Jiajun He , Young Jin Chun

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…

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This paper presents a theoretical framework to derive information-theoretic bounds on the estimation accuracy of target position and velocity in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based integrated sensing and communication…

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In this paper, we propose multi-input multi-output (MIMO) beamforming designs towards joint radar sensing and multi-user communications. We employ the Cram\'er-Rao bound (CRB) as a performance metric of target estimation, under both point…

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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…

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In robotic networks relying on noisy range measurements between agents for cooperative localization, the achievable positioning accuracy strongly strongly depends on the network geometry. This motivates the problem of planning robot…

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Green cellular networking has become an important research area in recent years due to environmental and economical concerns. Switching off under-utilized BSs during off-peak traffic load conditions is a promising approach to reduce energy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Prabhu Chandhar , Suvra Sekhar Das

Lidar with direct time-of-flight (dToF) technology based on single-photon avalanche diode detectors (SPAD) has been widely adopted in various applications. However, a comprehensive theoretical understanding of its fundamental ranging…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-09 Hao Wu , Shiyi Sun , Lijie Zhao , Yingyu Wang , Limin Tong , Linjie Shen

We address the feasibility of a GNSS-R code-altimetry space mission and more specifically a dominant term of its error budget: the reflected-signal range precision. This is the RMS error on the reflected-signal delay, as estimated by…

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