Positioning with moving IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee) transponders

Author

Pichler, M. ; Schwarzer, S. ; Stelzer, A. ; Vossiek, M.

Author_Institution

Linz Center of Mechatron. GmbH, Linz, Austria

fYear

2009

fDate

24-25 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In an ever-increasing number of wireless communications applications the measurement of positions of transmitters distributed in space is desired. Demands on low cost and power consumption make solutions that allow positioning with existing communications hardware during the process of data transmission particularly interesting. In this paper we discuss a method for using IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee) transmitter nodes with a special frequency-hopping scheme for this purpose and show the insensitivity of this method to transmitter motion mathematically as well as by exemplary simulations and measurements.

Keywords

frequency hop communication; personal area networks; telecommunication standards; transponders; IEEE 802.15.4; ZigBee; data transmission; frequency-hopping scheme; transmitters; transponders; Costs; Data communication; Energy consumption; Extraterrestrial measurements; Hardware; Position measurement; Transmitters; Transponders; Wireless communication; ZigBee; ZigBee; frequency hopping; local positioning; sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Sensing, Local Positioning, and RFID, 2009. IMWS 2009. IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop on

Conference_Location

Cavtat

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5060-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5062-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307878

Filename

5307878