Designing a Basic IR-UWB-RTLS - Raw-data position estimation utilizing TWR

Conference: Smart SysTech 2017 - European Conference on Smart Objects, Systems and Technologies
06/20/2017 - 06/21/2017 at Munich, Germany

Proceedings: Smart SysTech 2017

Pages: 5Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Tewes, Simon; Schwoerer, Ludwig; Bosselmann, Patrick (Communication and Electronics Institute (CEI), Bochum University of Applied Sciences, Lennershofstr. 140, 44801 Bochum, Germany)

Abstract:
In this paper, an impulse-radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) localization system is presented which uses a trilateration-scheme to localize an active UWB transponder (tag). The distance measurements required for trilateration are carried out per two-way ranging (TWR) against a known fixed infrastructure of reference-transponders (anchors). Further, the localization accuracy and the influence of obstacles is evaluated.