Local Positioning for Wireless Sensor Networks

Author

Ellinger, F. ; Eickhoff, R. ; Gierlich, R. ; Hüttner, J. ; Ziroff, A. ; Wehrli, S. ; Ußmüller, T. ; Carls, J. ; Subramanian, V. ; Krcmar, M. ; Mosshammer, R. ; Spiegel, S. ; Doumenis, D. ; Kounoudes, A. ; Kurek, K. ; Yashchyshyn, Y. ; Papadias, C.B. ; Tra

Author_Institution

Dresden Univ. of Technol., Dresden

fYear

2007

fDate

26-30 Nov. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This workshop paper gives an overview of local positioning and tracking principles for wireless sensor networks including recent results of the European project RESOLUTION (reconfigurable systems for mobile local communication and positioning). Measurements of a first demonstrator applying a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar principle are presented. The unlicensed ISM band around 5.8 GHz, 150 MHz bandwidth and less than 25 mW effective isotropic radiated transmit power are used. Excellent 3-D positioning accuracies in the order of 4 cm in an anechoic chamber and 18 cm in a conference hall with strong multipath and area of 800 m² are measured. Furthermore, the results of optimized radio frequency integrated circuits and a suitable compact flash card are outlined.

Keywords

CW radar; FM radar; radiofrequency integrated circuits; wireless sensor networks; European project; RESOLUTION; anechoic chamber; compact flash card; conference hall; frequency modulated continuous wave radar principle; local positioning; radio frequency integrated circuits; tracking principles; wireless sensor networks; Anechoic chambers; Area measurement; Bandwidth; Frequency measurement; Frequency modulation; Mobile communication; Position measurement; Radar measurements; Radar tracking; Wireless sensor networks; BiCMOS; FMCW; integrated circuits; local positioning; radar; radio frequencies; tracking; wireless sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Globecom Workshops, 2007 IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2024-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOMW.2007.4437815

Filename

4437815