The theoretical positioning accuracy of multilateration(MLAT) with the time difference of arrival(TDOA) algorithm is very high. However, there are some problems in practical applications. Here we analyze the location ...The theoretical positioning accuracy of multilateration(MLAT) with the time difference of arrival(TDOA) algorithm is very high. However, there are some problems in practical applications. Here we analyze the location performance of the time sum of arrival(TSOA) algorithm from the root mean square error(RMSE) and geometric dilution of precision(GDOP) in additive white Gaussian noise(AWGN) environment. The TSOA localization model is constructed. Using it, the distribution of location ambiguity region is presented with 4-base stations. And then, the location performance analysis is started from the 4-base stations with calculating the RMSE and GDOP variation. Subsequently, when the location parameters are changed in number of base stations, base station layout and so on, the performance changing patterns of the TSOA location algorithm are shown. So, the TSOA location characteristics and performance are revealed. From the RMSE and GDOP state changing trend, the anti-noise performance and robustness of the TSOA localization algorithm are proved. The TSOA anti-noise performance will be used for reducing the blind-zone and the false location rate of MLAT systems.展开更多
For the underwater long baseline(LBL)positioning systems,the traditional distance intersection algorithm simplifies the sound speed to a constant,and calculates the underwa-ter target position parameters with a nonlin...For the underwater long baseline(LBL)positioning systems,the traditional distance intersection algorithm simplifies the sound speed to a constant,and calculates the underwa-ter target position parameters with a nonlinear iteration.However,due to the complex underwater environment,the sound speed changes with time and space,and then the acoustic propagation path is actually a curve,which inevitably causes some errors to the traditional distance intersection positioning algorithm.To reduce the position error caused by the uncertain underwater sound speed,a new time of arrival(TOA)intersection underwater positioning algorithm of LBL system is proposed.Firstly,combined with the vertical layered model of the underwater sound speed,an implicit positioning model of TOA intersection is constructed through the constant gradient acoustic ray tracing.And then an optimization function based on the overall TOA residual square sum is advanced to solve the position parameters for the underwater target.Moreover,the particle swarm optimization(PSO)algorithm is replaced with the tra-ditional nonlinear least square method to optimize the implicit positioning model of TOA intersection.Compared with the traditional distance intersection positioning model,the TOA intersec-tion positioning model is more suitable for the engineering practice and the optimization algorithm is more effective.Simulation results show that the proposed methods in this paper can effectively improve the positioning accuracy for the underwater target.展开更多
为了解决传统室内定位技术成本较高、稳定性差以及难于部署等问题,提出一种将到达时间(time of arrival,TOA)与到达角(angle of arrival,AOA)相结合的室内定位系统.该系统由定位基站与被控定位单元组成,其特征在于使用对射式布置的超声...为了解决传统室内定位技术成本较高、稳定性差以及难于部署等问题,提出一种将到达时间(time of arrival,TOA)与到达角(angle of arrival,AOA)相结合的室内定位系统.该系统由定位基站与被控定位单元组成,其特征在于使用对射式布置的超声波传感器获取定位基站与被控定位单元之间的距离特征,利用角度传感器获取被控定位单元相对于定位基站的角度特征,以单基站就实现了精确的室内定位过程.分析了该系统基本结构与原理,建立定位与控制模型,在一定范围内对其定点定位精度与跟随定位精度进行了实验验证.实验结果表明:该系统结构简单,易于安装布置,鲁棒性强,在测试范围内的最大定点定位误差不超过5 cm,跟随定位误差不超过15 cm.展开更多
In this paper, we integrate inertial navigation system (INS) with wireless sensor network (WSN) to enhance the accuracy of indoor localization. Inertial measurement unit (IMU), the core of the INS, measures the accele...In this paper, we integrate inertial navigation system (INS) with wireless sensor network (WSN) to enhance the accuracy of indoor localization. Inertial measurement unit (IMU), the core of the INS, measures the accelerated and angular rotated speed of moving objects. Meanwhile, the ranges from the object to beacons, which are sensor nodes with known coordinates, are collected by time of arrival (ToA) approach. These messages are simultaneously collected and transmitted to the terminal. At the terminal, we set up the state transition models and observation models. According to them, several recursive Bayesian algorithms are applied to producing position estimations. As shown in the experiments, all of three algorithms do not require constant moving speed and perform better than standalone ToA system or standalone IMU system. And within them, two algorithms can be applied for the tracking on any path which is not restricted by the requirement that the trajectory between the positions at two consecutive time steps is a straight line.展开更多
Indoor positioning with high accuracy plays an important role in different application scenar-ios.As a widely used mobile communication signal,the Long-Term Evolution(LTE)network can be well received in indoor and out...Indoor positioning with high accuracy plays an important role in different application scenar-ios.As a widely used mobile communication signal,the Long-Term Evolution(LTE)network can be well received in indoor and outdoor environments.This article studies a method of using different reference signals in the LTE downlink for carrier phase time of arrival(TOA)estimation.Specifically,a solution is proposed and a multipath tracking Software Defined Receiver(SDR)is developed for indoor positioning.With our SDR indoor positioning system,the pilot signals of the LTE signals are firstly obtained by the coarse synchronization and demodulation.Then,with the assistance of the pilot signals,the time delay acquisition,the multipath estimating delay lock loop(MEDLL)algorithm,and the multipath anomaly detection are sequentially carried out to obtain navigation observations of received signals.Furthermore,to compare the perfor-mance of different pilot signals,the Secondary Synchronous Signals(SSS)and Cell Reference Signals(CRS)are used as pilot signals for carrier phase-based TOA estimation,respectively.Finally,to quantify the accuracy of our multipath tracking SDR,indoor field tests are carried out in a conference environment,where an LTE base station is installed for commercial use.Our test results based on CRS show that,in the static test scenarios,the TOA accuracy measured by the 1-σerror interval is about 0.5 m,while in the mobile environment,the probability of range accuracy within 1.0 m is 95%.展开更多
The spherical model of time and location calculation of the lightning discharge is given. The calculations are made by means of radio signals detection by sensors of the distributed network. The full solution of a pro...The spherical model of time and location calculation of the lightning discharge is given. The calculations are made by means of radio signals detection by sensors of the distributed network. The full solution of a problem of lightning discharge cloud-ground type location for three sensors is given. Based on this task the lightning location method for a network of sensors was developed. By means of computational experiments, the analysis of accuracy of the model depending on radio signals detection accuracy at observing stations was done.展开更多
Passive localization by a single moving observer using Time of Arrival(TOA)only with an unknown Signal Repetition Interval(SRI)is investigated in this paper.Observability analysis is performed first.The observability ...Passive localization by a single moving observer using Time of Arrival(TOA)only with an unknown Signal Repetition Interval(SRI)is investigated in this paper.Observability analysis is performed first.The observability condition for uniquely determining the emitter position and SRI is derived.The conditional Cramer-Rao Lower Bound(CRLB)is also analyzed.It is found that the ambiguity of the SRI integer of the first TOA does not affect the theoretical estimation precision of the emitter position and SRI.A Reference-Fixed Differential TOA(RFDTOA)-based Iterative Maximum Likelihood Estimator(IMLE)is proposed,which only needs O(M)computational operations.Theoretical analysis and simulation results show that the Mean Square Error(MSE)of the proposed algorithm could attain the CRLB with moderate Gaussian measurement noise.展开更多
Caused by Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) propagation effect, the non-symmetric contamination of measured Time Of Arrival (TOA) data leads to high inaccuracies of the conventional TOA based mobile location techniques. Robust...Caused by Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) propagation effect, the non-symmetric contamination of measured Time Of Arrival (TOA) data leads to high inaccuracies of the conventional TOA based mobile location techniques. Robust position estimation method based on bootstrapping M-estimation and Huber estimator are proposed to mitigate the effects of NLOS propagation on the location error. Simulation results show the improvement over traditional Least-Square (LS)algorithm on location accuracy under different channel environments.展开更多
针对无线传感器网络中如何准确获取节点位置信息的问题,研究了多径传播条件下基于到达时间(Time-of-Arrival,TOA)并兼顾路径时延的目标定位问题。所提算法在高斯噪声假设基础上,首先根据时间-距离观测模型推导出包含目标位置坐标及时延...针对无线传感器网络中如何准确获取节点位置信息的问题,研究了多径传播条件下基于到达时间(Time-of-Arrival,TOA)并兼顾路径时延的目标定位问题。所提算法在高斯噪声假设基础上,首先根据时间-距离观测模型推导出包含目标位置坐标及时延的测量方程;然后基于加权最小二乘(Weighted Least Squares,WLS)准则,计算出在目标坐标估计性能上严密逼近Cramér-Rao下界(CRLB)的解;最后通过理论分析得出位置和时延的误差方差及算法开销。仿真测试了单节点及多节点场景下测距误差对定位和延时性能的影响,结果表明,所提出算法的估计性能非常接近CRLB的估计性能,明显优于两步加权最小二乘(Two Step Weighted Least Squares,TSWLS)方法。展开更多
基金supported by the Joint Civil Aviation Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.U1533108 and U1233112)
文摘The theoretical positioning accuracy of multilateration(MLAT) with the time difference of arrival(TDOA) algorithm is very high. However, there are some problems in practical applications. Here we analyze the location performance of the time sum of arrival(TSOA) algorithm from the root mean square error(RMSE) and geometric dilution of precision(GDOP) in additive white Gaussian noise(AWGN) environment. The TSOA localization model is constructed. Using it, the distribution of location ambiguity region is presented with 4-base stations. And then, the location performance analysis is started from the 4-base stations with calculating the RMSE and GDOP variation. Subsequently, when the location parameters are changed in number of base stations, base station layout and so on, the performance changing patterns of the TSOA location algorithm are shown. So, the TSOA location characteristics and performance are revealed. From the RMSE and GDOP state changing trend, the anti-noise performance and robustness of the TSOA localization algorithm are proved. The TSOA anti-noise performance will be used for reducing the blind-zone and the false location rate of MLAT systems.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61903086,61903366,62001115)the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province(2019JJ50745,2020JJ4280,2021JJ40133)the Fundamentals and Basic of Applications Research Foundation of Guangdong Province(2019A1515110136).
文摘For the underwater long baseline(LBL)positioning systems,the traditional distance intersection algorithm simplifies the sound speed to a constant,and calculates the underwa-ter target position parameters with a nonlinear iteration.However,due to the complex underwater environment,the sound speed changes with time and space,and then the acoustic propagation path is actually a curve,which inevitably causes some errors to the traditional distance intersection positioning algorithm.To reduce the position error caused by the uncertain underwater sound speed,a new time of arrival(TOA)intersection underwater positioning algorithm of LBL system is proposed.Firstly,combined with the vertical layered model of the underwater sound speed,an implicit positioning model of TOA intersection is constructed through the constant gradient acoustic ray tracing.And then an optimization function based on the overall TOA residual square sum is advanced to solve the position parameters for the underwater target.Moreover,the particle swarm optimization(PSO)algorithm is replaced with the tra-ditional nonlinear least square method to optimize the implicit positioning model of TOA intersection.Compared with the traditional distance intersection positioning model,the TOA intersec-tion positioning model is more suitable for the engineering practice and the optimization algorithm is more effective.Simulation results show that the proposed methods in this paper can effectively improve the positioning accuracy for the underwater target.
文摘为了解决传统室内定位技术成本较高、稳定性差以及难于部署等问题,提出一种将到达时间(time of arrival,TOA)与到达角(angle of arrival,AOA)相结合的室内定位系统.该系统由定位基站与被控定位单元组成,其特征在于使用对射式布置的超声波传感器获取定位基站与被控定位单元之间的距离特征,利用角度传感器获取被控定位单元相对于定位基站的角度特征,以单基站就实现了精确的室内定位过程.分析了该系统基本结构与原理,建立定位与控制模型,在一定范围内对其定点定位精度与跟随定位精度进行了实验验证.实验结果表明:该系统结构简单,易于安装布置,鲁棒性强,在测试范围内的最大定点定位误差不超过5 cm,跟随定位误差不超过15 cm.
基金Project(61301181) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘In this paper, we integrate inertial navigation system (INS) with wireless sensor network (WSN) to enhance the accuracy of indoor localization. Inertial measurement unit (IMU), the core of the INS, measures the accelerated and angular rotated speed of moving objects. Meanwhile, the ranges from the object to beacons, which are sensor nodes with known coordinates, are collected by time of arrival (ToA) approach. These messages are simultaneously collected and transmitted to the terminal. At the terminal, we set up the state transition models and observation models. According to them, several recursive Bayesian algorithms are applied to producing position estimations. As shown in the experiments, all of three algorithms do not require constant moving speed and perform better than standalone ToA system or standalone IMU system. And within them, two algorithms can be applied for the tracking on any path which is not restricted by the requirement that the trajectory between the positions at two consecutive time steps is a straight line.
基金supported by The National Natural Science Foundation of China[grant number 42171417]the Special Fund of Hubei Luojia Laboratory[grant number 220100008]the Key Research and Development Program of Hubei Province[grant number 2021BAA166].
文摘Indoor positioning with high accuracy plays an important role in different application scenar-ios.As a widely used mobile communication signal,the Long-Term Evolution(LTE)network can be well received in indoor and outdoor environments.This article studies a method of using different reference signals in the LTE downlink for carrier phase time of arrival(TOA)estimation.Specifically,a solution is proposed and a multipath tracking Software Defined Receiver(SDR)is developed for indoor positioning.With our SDR indoor positioning system,the pilot signals of the LTE signals are firstly obtained by the coarse synchronization and demodulation.Then,with the assistance of the pilot signals,the time delay acquisition,the multipath estimating delay lock loop(MEDLL)algorithm,and the multipath anomaly detection are sequentially carried out to obtain navigation observations of received signals.Furthermore,to compare the perfor-mance of different pilot signals,the Secondary Synchronous Signals(SSS)and Cell Reference Signals(CRS)are used as pilot signals for carrier phase-based TOA estimation,respectively.Finally,to quantify the accuracy of our multipath tracking SDR,indoor field tests are carried out in a conference environment,where an LTE base station is installed for commercial use.Our test results based on CRS show that,in the static test scenarios,the TOA accuracy measured by the 1-σerror interval is about 0.5 m,while in the mobile environment,the probability of range accuracy within 1.0 m is 95%.
文摘The spherical model of time and location calculation of the lightning discharge is given. The calculations are made by means of radio signals detection by sensors of the distributed network. The full solution of a problem of lightning discharge cloud-ground type location for three sensors is given. Based on this task the lightning location method for a network of sensors was developed. By means of computational experiments, the analysis of accuracy of the model depending on radio signals detection accuracy at observing stations was done.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61901494).
文摘Passive localization by a single moving observer using Time of Arrival(TOA)only with an unknown Signal Repetition Interval(SRI)is investigated in this paper.Observability analysis is performed first.The observability condition for uniquely determining the emitter position and SRI is derived.The conditional Cramer-Rao Lower Bound(CRLB)is also analyzed.It is found that the ambiguity of the SRI integer of the first TOA does not affect the theoretical estimation precision of the emitter position and SRI.A Reference-Fixed Differential TOA(RFDTOA)-based Iterative Maximum Likelihood Estimator(IMLE)is proposed,which only needs O(M)computational operations.Theoretical analysis and simulation results show that the Mean Square Error(MSE)of the proposed algorithm could attain the CRLB with moderate Gaussian measurement noise.
文摘Caused by Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) propagation effect, the non-symmetric contamination of measured Time Of Arrival (TOA) data leads to high inaccuracies of the conventional TOA based mobile location techniques. Robust position estimation method based on bootstrapping M-estimation and Huber estimator are proposed to mitigate the effects of NLOS propagation on the location error. Simulation results show the improvement over traditional Least-Square (LS)algorithm on location accuracy under different channel environments.
文摘针对无线传感器网络中如何准确获取节点位置信息的问题,研究了多径传播条件下基于到达时间(Time-of-Arrival,TOA)并兼顾路径时延的目标定位问题。所提算法在高斯噪声假设基础上,首先根据时间-距离观测模型推导出包含目标位置坐标及时延的测量方程;然后基于加权最小二乘(Weighted Least Squares,WLS)准则,计算出在目标坐标估计性能上严密逼近Cramér-Rao下界(CRLB)的解;最后通过理论分析得出位置和时延的误差方差及算法开销。仿真测试了单节点及多节点场景下测距误差对定位和延时性能的影响,结果表明,所提出算法的估计性能非常接近CRLB的估计性能,明显优于两步加权最小二乘(Two Step Weighted Least Squares,TSWLS)方法。
