EVALUATION OF DYNAMIC AD-HOC UWB INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEM

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences

Sakr, M.^1¹  Masiero, A.^2² 

[1] Dept. of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada^1;Interdepartmental Research Center of Geomatics (CIRGEO), University of Padova, via dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy^2

关键词: Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Positioning System;    Indoor Navigation;    Real-Time Location System;    Embedded Systems;    Ad-Hoc Networks;    Smartphones;   

DOI  :  10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-1-379-2018

学科分类：地球科学(综合)

来源: Copernicus Publications

【 摘 要 】

Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology has witnessed tremendous development and advancement in the past few years. Currently available UWB transceivers can provide high-precision time-of-flight measurements which corresponds to range measurements with theoretical accuracy of few centimetres. Position estimation using range measurement is determined by measuring the ranges from a rover or a dynamic node, to a set of anchor points with known positions. However, building a flexible and accurate indoor positioning system requires more than just accurate range measurements. The performance of indoor positioning system is affected by the number and the configuration of the anchor points used, along with the accuracy of the anchor positions.This paper introduces LocSpeck, a dynamic ad-hoc positioning system based on the DW1000 UWB transceiver from Decawave. LocSpeck is composed of a set of identical nodes communicating on a common RF channel, forming a fully or partially connected network where the positioning algorithm run on each node. Each LocSpeck node could act as an anchor or a rover, and the role could change dynamically during the same session. The number of nodes in the network could change dynamically, since the firmware of LocSpeck supports adding and removing nodes on-the-fly. The paper compares the performance of the LocSpeck system with commercially available off-the-shelf UWB positioning system. Different operating scenarios are considered when evaluating the performance of the system, including cases where collaboration between the two systems is considered.

【 授权许可】

CC BY