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Static and Dynamic Comparison of Pozyx and DecaWave UWB Indoor Localization Systems with Possible Improvements

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This paper investigates static and dynamic localization accuracy of two indoor localization systems using Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology: Pozyx and DecaWave DW1000. We present the results of laboratory research, which demonstrates how those two UWB systems behave in practice. Our research involves static and dynamic tests. A static test was performed in the laboratory using the different relative positions of anchors and the tag. For a dynamic test, we used a robot that was following the EvAAL-based track located between anchors. Our research revealed that both systems perform below our expectations, and the accuracy of both systems is worse than declared by the system manufacturers. The imperfections are especially apparent in the case of dynamic measurements. Therefore, we proposed a set of filters that allow for the improvement of localization accuracy.

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  • 09 June 2021

    Chapter 18, “Modelling and Forecasting Based on Recurrent Pseudoinverse Matrices” was previously published non-open access. This have now been changed to open access under a CC BY 4.0 license and the copyright holders updated to ‘The Author(s)’ and the acknowledgement section added. The book has also been updated with this change.

    In chapter 44, in reference 34, the surname of the first author was incorrect. The surname has been corrected from “Porti” to “Potortì.”

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    Barbara Morawska, Piotr Lipiński, Krzysztof Lichy, Piotr Koch & Marcin Leplawy

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Morawska, B., Lipiński, P., Lichy, K., Koch, P., Leplawy, M. (2021). Static and Dynamic Comparison of Pozyx and DecaWave UWB Indoor Localization Systems with Possible Improvements. In: Paszynski, M., Kranzlmüller, D., Krzhizhanovskaya, V.V., Dongarra, J.J., Sloot, P.M. (eds) Computational Science – ICCS 2021. ICCS 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12745. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77970-2_44

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