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Ultra-Wideband Geo-Regioning: A Novel Clustering and Localization Technique

EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing volume 2008, Article number: 296937 (2007) Cite this article

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Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology enables a high temporal resolution of the propagation channel. Consequently, a channel impulse response between transmitter and receiver can be interpreted as signature for their relative positions. If the position of the receiver is known, the channel impulse response indicates the position of the transmitter and vice versa. This work introduces UWB geo-regioning as a clustering and localization method based on channel impulse response fingerprinting, develops a theoretical framework for performance analysis, and evaluates this approach by means of performance results based on measured channel impulse responses. Complexity issues are discussed and performance dependencies on signal-to-noise ratio, a priori knowledge, observation window, and system bandwidth are investigated.

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  1. Communication Technology Laboratory, Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, CH-8092, Switzerland

    Christoph Steiner, Florian Troesch & Armin Wittneben

  2. International Electronics & Engineering (IEE), S.A., Contern, L-5326, Luxembourg

    Frank Althaus

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Steiner, C., Althaus, F., Troesch, F. et al. Ultra-Wideband Geo-Regioning: A Novel Clustering and Localization Technique. EURASIP J. Adv. Signal Process. 2008, 296937 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/296937

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