Performance Evaluation of Threshold-Based TOA Estimation Techniques Using IR-UWB Indoor Measurements

Konferenz: European Wireless 2012 - 18th European Wireless Conference 2012
18.04.2012 - 20.04.2012 in Poznan, Poland

Tagungsband: European Wireless 2012

Seiten: 7Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

Autoren:
Yu, Lei; Laaraiedh, Mohamed; Avrillon, Stéphane; Uguen, Bernard (Université de Rennes 1, IETR, Campus Beaulieu Bat 11D, Rennes 35042 France)
Keignart, Julien (CEA Leti Minatec, 17 Rue des Martyrs 38054 Grenoble, France)
Stephan, Julien (SIRADEL, 3 Allée Adolphe Bobierre CS 24343, 35043 RENNES France)

Inhalt:
Ultra-wide bandwidth (UWB) technology is a viable candidate for enabling accurate localization through time of arrival (TOA) based ranging techniques. These ranging techniques exploit the high time resolution of the UWB signals to estimate the TOA of the first signal path. Nevertheless, these techniques are facing the problem of proper multipath mitigation especially in harsh propagation environments in which the first path may not exist or it may not be the strongest. This paper presents a realistic comparison between the ranging performances of four threshold-based TOA estimation techniques using experimental data collected from an IR-UWB indoor propagation measurement campaign performed in an office building. Index Terms —TOA, Ranging techniques, Channel impulse response, IR-UWB, Measurements, Indoor positioning