Position and Orientation Estimation in Radio Network With Groups of Locally Synchronized Nodes

This article presents a positioning system with groups of locally synchronized nodes. A mobile object is equipped with a group of several synchronized receivers that are able to measure the difference in the time of arrival of signals from reference transmitters. The reference transmitters are synch...

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Main Authors: Jaroslaw Sadowski, Jacek Stefanski
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2023-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10356070/
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description This article presents a positioning system with groups of locally synchronized nodes. A mobile object is equipped with a group of several synchronized receivers that are able to measure the difference in the time of arrival of signals from reference transmitters. The reference transmitters are synchronized only in local groups, with no global synchronization between groups. It is assumed that the synchronous operation of transmitters and receivers in groups does not allow for the phase-coherent emission and reception of signals, making beamforming and angle of arrival estimation impossible. The structure of the positioning system and the equations for estimating the position and orientation angle are presented, along with the Gauss-Newton algorithm for iteratively estimating the coordinates and orientation of the mobile object. The possible accuracy of the proposed solution is evaluated using dilution of precision and the Cramer-Rao lower bound. The analysis showed that although the quality of the position estimation in the proposed solution is highly dependent on the mutual location of the reference transmitters and the mobile object, the orientation angle can be estimated highly accurately, almost regardless of the mobile object location.
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spelling doaj.art-b362eea516de434cbabcdd9ed3e7128b2023-12-26T00:10:37ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362023-01-011114098114099210.1109/ACCESS.2023.334219910356070Position and Orientation Estimation in Radio Network With Groups of Locally Synchronized NodesJaroslaw Sadowski0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0082-1701Jacek Stefanski1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9694-1419Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, PolandFaculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, PolandThis article presents a positioning system with groups of locally synchronized nodes. A mobile object is equipped with a group of several synchronized receivers that are able to measure the difference in the time of arrival of signals from reference transmitters. The reference transmitters are synchronized only in local groups, with no global synchronization between groups. It is assumed that the synchronous operation of transmitters and receivers in groups does not allow for the phase-coherent emission and reception of signals, making beamforming and angle of arrival estimation impossible. The structure of the positioning system and the equations for estimating the position and orientation angle are presented, along with the Gauss-Newton algorithm for iteratively estimating the coordinates and orientation of the mobile object. The possible accuracy of the proposed solution is evaluated using dilution of precision and the Cramer-Rao lower bound. The analysis showed that although the quality of the position estimation in the proposed solution is highly dependent on the mutual location of the reference transmitters and the mobile object, the orientation angle can be estimated highly accurately, almost regardless of the mobile object location.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10356070/Asynchronous positioningCramer-Rao lower boundGauss-Newton algorithmradio localizationradio navigation
spellingShingle Jaroslaw Sadowski
Jacek Stefanski
Position and Orientation Estimation in Radio Network With Groups of Locally Synchronized Nodes
IEEE Access
Asynchronous positioning
Cramer-Rao lower bound
Gauss-Newton algorithm
radio localization
radio navigation
title Position and Orientation Estimation in Radio Network With Groups of Locally Synchronized Nodes
title_full Position and Orientation Estimation in Radio Network With Groups of Locally Synchronized Nodes
title_fullStr Position and Orientation Estimation in Radio Network With Groups of Locally Synchronized Nodes
title_full_unstemmed Position and Orientation Estimation in Radio Network With Groups of Locally Synchronized Nodes
title_short Position and Orientation Estimation in Radio Network With Groups of Locally Synchronized Nodes
title_sort position and orientation estimation in radio network with groups of locally synchronized nodes
topic Asynchronous positioning
Cramer-Rao lower bound
Gauss-Newton algorithm
radio localization
radio navigation
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10356070/
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