IEICE Transactions on Communications
Online ISSN : 1745-1345
Print ISSN : 0916-8516
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TOA UWB Positioning with Two Receivers Using Known Indoor Features
Jan KIETLINSKI-ZALESKITakaya YAMAZATOMasaaki KATAYAMA
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Keywords: UWB, positioning, ToA, indoor
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2010 Volume E93.B Issue 12 Pages 3624-3631

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Ultra-Wideband is an attractive technology for short range positioning, especially indoors. However, for normal Time of Arrival (ToA) positioning, at least three receivers with unblocked direct path to the transmitter are required. A requirement that is not always met. In this work, a novel algorithm for ToA positioning using only two receivers is presented. This is possible by exploiting the knowledge of some of the indoor features, namely positions of big flat reflective surfaces, for example ceiling and walls. The proposed algorithm was tested using data from a measurement campaign.

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