First results of a leaky coaxial cable prototype for indoor positioning

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Contributors

  • Julia Engelbrecht - , Chair of Transport Systems Information Technology, Dresden University of Applied Sciences (HTW) (Author)
  • Ralf Collmann - , Dresden University of Applied Sciences (HTW) (Author)
  • Ulrich Birkel - , University of Applied Sciences Mittelhessen (Author)
  • Mark Weber - , University of Applied Sciences Mittelhessen (Author)

Abstract

In the last years indoor positioning is getting more and more important for industrial and commercial usage. Progressive approaches are developed to use leaky coaxial cables (LCX) not only for radio coverage but also for indoor navigation, too. Here latest results of the WIPoS project are shown, which focus on indoor positioning based on LCX measurements applying RF fingerprinting. With RF fingerprinting the received signal power levels are measured at equidistant positions and are stored in a radio map. An increase of the localization accuracy is achievable by reducing the power level fluctuations measured at the LCX cable ends, which were used for RF fingerprinting. Several averaging algorithms like averaging by time, place, antenna orientation, RF channel bandwidth and combinations of them had been applied for smoothing the power level fluctuations. But the achievable improvement on the indoor positioning accuracy was still insufficient for practical applications. Therefore the different effects leading to receive power fluctuations had been extracted and are explained in this paper. Based on these investigations the results of the first LCX prototype are presented.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS)
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherIEEE Xplore
ISBN (electronic)978-1-4577-0161-0
ISBN (print)978-1-4577-0162-7
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesWireless Telecommunications Symposium, WTS
ISSN1934-5070

Conference

Title2011 10th Annual Wireless Telecommunications Symposium
Abbreviated titleWTS 2011
Conference number10
Duration13 - 15 April 2011
CityNew York City
CountryUnited States of America

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-4860-6840/work/141544609

Keywords

Keywords

  • Coaxial transmission lines, Electromagnetic coupling, Indoor positioning, Indoor radio communication