Software-Defined-Radio-Based Wireless Tomography: Experimental Demonstration and Verification

Author

Bonior, Jason ; Zhen Hu ; Guo, Terry N. ; Qiu, Robert C. ; Browning, James Paul ; Wicks, Michael

Author_Institution

Electr. & Electron. Syst. Res. Div., Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., Oak Ridge, TN, USA

Volume

12

Issue

1

fYear

2015

fDate

Jan. 2015

Firstpage

175

Lastpage

179

Abstract

This letter presents an experimental demonstration of software-defined-radio-based wireless tomography using computer-hosted radio devices called Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP). This experimental brief follows our vision and previous theoretical study of wireless tomography that combines wireless communication and RF tomography to provide a novel approach to remote sensing. Automatic data acquisition is performed inside an RF anechoic chamber. Semidefinite relaxation is used for phase retrieval, and the Born iterative method is utilized for imaging the target. Experimental results are presented, validating our vision of wireless tomography.

Keywords

computerised tomography; data acquisition; iterative methods; remote sensing; software radio; Born iterative method; RF anechoic chamber; RF tomography; USRP; automatic data acquisition; computer-hosted radio device; experimental demonstration; experimental verification; phase retrieval; remote sensing; semidefinite relaxation; software-defined-radio-based wireless tomography; target imaging; universal software radio peripheral; wireless communication; wireless tomograph vision validation; wireless tomography theoretical study; Image reconstruction; Radio frequency; Tomography; Transmitters; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Convex optimization; Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP); inverse scattering; phase retrieval; semidefinite relaxation; software-defined radio (SDR); wireless tomography;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1545-598X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LGRS.2014.2330764

Filename

6871322