The effect of human-body shadowing on indoor UWB TOA-based ranging systems

Y. Kilic; Ameenulla J. Ali; Arjan Meijerink; Marinus Jan Bentum; W.G. Scanlon

doi:10.1109/WPNC.2012.6268751

The effect of human-body shadowing on indoor UWB TOA-based ranging systems

Y. Kilic, Ameenulla J. Ali, Arjan Meijerink, Marinus Jan Bentum, W.G. Scanlon

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Abstract

Because of its superior time resolution, ultra-wide bandwidth (UWB) transmission can be a highly accurate technique for ranging in indoor localization systems. Nevertheless, the presence of obstructions may deteriorate the ranging performance of the system. Indoor environments are often densely populated with people. However, th e effect of the human body presence has been scarcely investigated so far within the UWB ranging context. In this work, we investigate this effect by conducting UWB measurements and analyzing the ranging performance of the system. Two measurement campaigns were performed in the 3-5.5 GHz band, in an anechoic chamber and a laboratory environment. The range estimates were obtained by employing the threshold-based first peak detection technique. Analysis results revealed that the human body significantly attenuates the direct-path signal component. On the other hand, in this study it does not introduce a significant range error since the length difference between the diffracted paths around the body and the direct-path is less than the spatial resolution of the measurement setup.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	IEEE 9th Workshop on Positioning Navigation and Communication (WPNC)
Place of Publication	USA
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	126-130
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4673-1439-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WPNC.2012.6268751
Publication status	Published - 16 Mar 2012
Event	IEEE 9th Workshop on Positioning Navigation and Communication, WPNC 2012 - Dresden, Germany Duration: 15 Mar 2012 → 16 Mar 2012 Conference number: 9

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Name
Publisher	IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society

Conference

Conference	IEEE 9th Workshop on Positioning Navigation and Communication, WPNC 2012
Abbreviated title	WPNC
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Dresden
Period	15/03/12 → 16/03/12

Keywords

METIS-289698
IR-81540
EWI-22270
human-body shadowing
indoor localization
UWB ranging

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Kilic, Y, Ali, AJ, Meijerink, A, Bentum, MJ & Scanlon, WG 2012, The effect of human-body shadowing on indoor UWB TOA-based ranging systems. in IEEE 9th Workshop on Positioning Navigation and Communication (WPNC). IEEE, USA, pp. 126-130, IEEE 9th Workshop on Positioning Navigation and Communication, WPNC 2012, Dresden, Germany, 15/03/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/WPNC.2012.6268751

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