Integrated active pulsed reflector for an indoor local positioning system

S Wehrli, R Gierlich, J Huttner, D Barras… - IEEE Transactions …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an indoor localization system based on a frequency modulated
continuous wave radar in the industrial-scientific-medical band at 5.8 GHz. An integrated …

Local positioning for wireless sensor networks

F Ellinger, R Eickhoff, R Gierlich… - 2007 IEEE …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This workshop paper gives an overview of local positioning and tracking principles for
wireless sensor networks including recent results of the European project RESOLUTION …

Performance analysis of FMCW synchronization techniques for indoor radiolocation

R Gierlich, J Huttner, A Dabek… - … european conference on …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A high precision localization system (HPLS) operating in the 5.8 GHz ISM band is presented.
The system principle is based on the sequential exchange of frequency modulated …

A 5.8 GHz local positioning and communication system

R Mosshammer, M Huemer, R Szumny… - 2007 IEEE/MTT-S …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a hybrid local positioning and communication system under
development within the scope of the EU funded RESOLUTION project. Very stringent …

Measurements and analysis of the propagation channel for various indoor environments

R Szumny, K Kurek, S Kozlowski… - EUROCON 2007-The …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper presents measurements results of the propagation channel for three types of
indoor environments. Basing on these results statistical analysis and comparison of …

Indoor positioning utilizing fractional-N PLL synthesizer and multi-channel base stations

R Gierlich, J Huttner, A Ziroff… - … European Conference on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An indoor positioning system operating in the 5.8 GHz ISM-band is presented. The system
principle is based on time-difference of arrival (TDoA) measurements by means of frequency …

gm-Boosted VCO with low power consumption and large tuning range

T Ussmuller, K Seemann… - 2007 European Microwave …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) in a rather new topology is presented. The architecture
is based on the classical Colpitts oscillator in common-gate configuration. In order to …

Statistical modelling of wideband propagation channel in an indoor environment

S Kozlowski, K Kurek, R Szumny… - MIKON 2008-17th …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper concerns a statistical modelling of wideband radio propagation channel in an
indoor environment. An approach of describing amplitudes and excess delays of particular …

Low noise BiCMOS receiver for FMCW radar positioning systems

M Krcmar, V Subramanian… - 2008 Asia-Pacific …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work we present a fully integrated BiCMOS RF-receiver. The receiver comprises an
LNA and a mixer. The most challenging aspects of the design were the high gain and an …

Neural network based path detection for an FMCW positioning system

R Mosshammer, F Frank, M Huemer - … Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain …, 2007 - Springer
Multipath propagation is a major source of error for runtime detection based positioning
systems. For the case of an FMCW-based positioning system, the overlap of pulse shapes in …