A Hybrid TDOA/RSS Localization Algorithm Based on UWB Ranging in Underground Mines

Ultra-Wideband technology is regarded by many as one of the future key technologies in communications and positioning. In this paper a TDOA/RSS hybrid positioning algorithm is described for accurate underground mine localization of a sensor in a network of known beacons. The sensor measures the rang...

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Published inAdvanced Research on Electronic Commerce, Web Application, and Communication Vol. 144; pp. 402 - 407
Main Authors Zhu, Daixian, Yi, Kechu
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany Springer Berlin / Heidelberg 2011
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
SeriesCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Subjects
localization algorithm
TDOA/RSS
underground mine
UWB
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Summary:Ultra-Wideband technology is regarded by many as one of the future key technologies in communications and positioning. In this paper a TDOA/RSS hybrid positioning algorithm is described for accurate underground mine localization of a sensor in a network of known beacons. The sensor measures the range to the beacons using an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) signal and uses statistical inference to correct for the error due to multipath and NLOS in underground mine. It shows that a TDOA/RSS algorithm can be used to improved positioning accuracy over beacon measurement. Simulation results show perfect performance with UWB ranging and TDOA/RSS hybrid localization algorithm.
ISBN:3642203698
9783642203695
ISSN:1865-0929
1865-0937
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-20370-1_66