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Localizing moving targets in unknown harsh environments has always been a severe challenge. This letter investigates a novel localization system based on multi-agent networks, where multiple agents serve as mobile anchors broadcasting their…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-27 Qin Shi , Xiaowei Cui , Sihao Zhao , Mingquan Lu

Large-scale MIMO systems are well known for their advantages in communications, but they also have the potential for providing very accurate localization thanks to their high angular resolution. A difficult problem arising indoors and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-02-13 Nil Garcia , Henk Wymeersch , Erik G. Larsson , Alexander M. Haimovich , Martial Coulon

The increasing spreading of small commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, aka drones) presents serious threats for critical areas such as airports, power plants, governmental and military facilities. In fact, such UAVs can easily disturb…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-13 Marco Esposito , Toni Mancini , Enrico Tronci

In this paper, we complete the study of the geometry of the TDOA map that encodes the noiseless model for the localization of a source from the range differences between three receivers in a plane, by computing the Cartesian equation of the…

Sound · Computer Science 2016-04-07 Marco Compagnoni , Roberto Notari

In a time-division broadcast positioning system (TDBPS), localizing mobile targets using classical time difference of arrival (TDOA) methods poses significant challenges. Concurrent TDOA measurements are infeasible because targets receive…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-11 Chenxin Tu , Xiaowei Cui , Gang Liu , Sihao Zhao , Mingquan Lu

Localizing near-field sources considering practical arrays is important in wireless communications. Array-based apertures exhibit mutual coupling between the array elements, which can significantly degrade the performance of the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-30 Zohreh Ebadi , Amir Masoud Molaei , Muhammad Ali Babar Abbasi , Simon Cotton , Anvar Tukmanov , Okan Yurduseven

The quick detection and localization of partial discharge (PD) in an air-insulated substation (AIS) based on ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) sensor arrays are efficient for power equipment monitoring. The adopted UHF PD time difference of arrival…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-19 Bei Han , Lingen Luo , Gehao Sheng , Xiuchen Jiang

We propose modeling an angle-of-arrival (AOA) positioning measurement as a von Mises-Fisher (VMF) distributed unit vector instead of the conventional normally distributed azimuth and elevation measurements. Describing the 2-dimensional AOA…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-09-11 Henri Nurminen , Laura Suomalainen , Simo Ali-Löytty , Robert Piché

We consider the problem of joint three-dimensional localization and synchronization for a single-input single-output (SISO) system in the presence of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), equipped with a uniform planar array. First,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-18 Kamran Keykhosravi , Musa Furkan Keskin , Gonzalo Seco-Granados , Henk Wymeersch

This paper presents an adaptive anchor pairs selection algorithm for UWB (ultra-wideband) TDOA-based (Time Difference of Arrival) indoor positioning systems. The method assumes dividing the system operation area into zones. The most…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-25 Marcin Kolakowski , Jozef Modelski

Accurate positioning is a key enabler for emerging 5G applications. While the standardized Location Management Function (LMF) operates centrally within the core network, its scalability and latency limitations hinder low-latency and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Alberto Ceresoli , Viola Bernazzoli , Roberto Pegurri , Ilario Filippini

For a group of cooperating UAVs, localizing each other is often a key task. This paper studies the localization problem for a group of UAVs flying in 3D space with very limited information, i.e., when noisy distance measurements are the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-11-03 Bomin Jiang , Brian D. O. Anderson , Hatem Hman

Movable Antenna (MA) technology is emerging as a promising advancement with the potential to significantly enhance the performance of future wireless communication and sensing systems. In this paper, we address two-dimensional (2D)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-07 Chengzhi Ye , Ruoyu Zhang , Lei Yao , Wen Wu

In this paper, we consider a time-varying optimization approach to the problem of tracking a moving target using noisy time-of-arrival (TOA) measurements. Specifically, we formulate the problem as that of sequential TOA-based source…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-01-19 Yuen-Man Pun , Anthony Man-Cho So

This paper presents a novel approach for localising a GPS (Global Positioning System)-denied Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with the aid of a GPS-equipped UAV in three-dimensional space. The GPS-equipped UAV makes discrete-time broadcasts of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-24 James Russell , Mengbin Ye , Brian D. O. Anderson , Hatem Hmam , Peter Sarunic

Positioning with one single communication between base stations and user devices can effectively save air time and thus expand the user volume to infinite. However, this usually demands accurate synchronization between base stations.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-04-27 Sihao Zhao , Xiaowei Cui , Shuang Xu , Mingquan Lu

We study time difference of arrival (TDoA)-based algorithms for drone controller localization and analyze TDoA estimation in multipath channels. Building on TDoA estimation, we propose two algorithms to enhance localization accuracy in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-06 Yuhong Wang , Yonghong Zeng , Peng Hui Tan , Sumei Sun , Yugang Ma

In this paper, a novel two-dimensional super-resolution angle-of-departure (AoD) and angle-of-arrival (AoA) estimation technique is proposed for wideband millimeter-wave multiple-input multiple-output systems with cross-polarized antenna…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-02-09 Dalin Zhu , Junil Choi , Robert W. Heath

The estimation of direction of arrival (DOA) is a crucial issue in conventional radar, wireless communication, and integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems. However, low-cost systems often suffer from imperfect factors, such as…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-21 Peng Chen , Zhimin Chen , Liang Liu , Yun Chen , Xianbin Wang

Location is one of the basic information required for underwater optical wireless sensor networks (UOWSNs) for different purposes such as relating the sensing measurements with precise sensor positions, enabling efficient geographic routing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-24 Nasir Saeed , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri , Mohamed-Slim Alouini