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Luca De Nardis and Giuseppe Caso 3D indoor positioning and navigation: theory, implementation and applications DIET Department, Sapienza University of Rome Rome, Italy Email: [email protected] , [email protected]

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Luca De Nardis and Giuseppe Caso

3D indoor positioning and navigation: theory, implementation and

applications

DIET Department, Sapienza University of Rome Rome, Italy

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

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Summary

•  Ranging –  Ranging techniques

•  Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), Angle Of Arrival (AOA), Time Of Arrival (TOA)

–  Ranging in Wireless Networks •  Wi-Fi, GPS, UWB

•  Positioning –  Positioning techniques

•  TOA, TDOA –  Positioning systems

•  GPS, Wi-Fi, RFID, UWB, Bluetooth –  Positioning in distributed networks

•  Anchor-based and anchor-less protocols –  Impact on routing and navigation

•  The 3D case •  Overview on RSSI-based Positioning Algorithms for WPSs - A

practical implementation at the DIET Department

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Definitions

•  Ranging is defined as the action of computing the distance of a target node from a reference node

•  Node-centered positioning is defined as the action of computing the positions of a set of target nodes with respect to a reference node.

•  Relative positioning indicates the action of computing the position of a set of nodes with respect to a common system of coordinates.

•  Absolute (or geographical) positioning indicates a special case of relative positioning when the coordinates associated to each node are unique worldwide.

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Summary

•  Ranging –  Ranging techniques

•  Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), Angle Of Arrival (AOA), Time Of Arrival (TOA)

–  Ranging in Wireless Networks •  Wi-Fi, GPS, UWB

•  Positioning –  Positioning techniques

•  TOA, TDOA –  Positioning systems

•  GPS, Wi-Fi, RFID, UWB, Bluetooth –  Positioning in distributed networks

•  Anchor-based and anchor-less protocols –  Impact on routing and navigation

•  The 3D case •  Overview on RSSI-based Positioning Algorithms for WPSs - A

practical implementation at the DIET Department

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Ranging techniques

•  Time of Arrival (TOA) the distance is estimated from the propagation delay between transmitter and receiver

•  Received Signal Strength Information (RSSI) the distance is estimated based on the attenuation introduced by the propagation of the signal from transmitter to receiver

•  Angle of Arrival (AOA) distances between terminals are estimated based on their relative angles

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Time Of Arrival - Ranging Techniques -

•  Estimation of Time Of Arrival is tightly related to synchronization

•  Synchronization aims at compensating for delay between transmitted signal and template signal at the receiver

•  Ranging based on TOA further needs to individuate and measure the component of such delay which depends on propagation, excluding additional delays such as –  Clock misalignments –  Processing time

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Ranging theoretical limits

•  The Cramer-Rao lower bound provides an estimation of achievable accuracy as a function of signal bandwidth and SNR:

•  Larger signal bandwidth and higher SNR (i.e. transmitted power) lead to lower error in estimation of time of arrival, and thus to higher ranging accuracy

•  Both transmitted power and signal bandwidth are limited by regulation -> emission masks

( ) ( )2 0ˆ 222 2

N

f P f dfτσ

π+∞

−∞

=∫

Variance of Time Of Arrival estimation

error

Thermal Noise Power Spectrum

Density

Spectral characteristics of the adopted waveform

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Ranging theoretical limits

•  Example: FCC UWB indoor emission mask

1 10

-75

-70

-65

-60

-55

-50

-45

-40

Frequency in GHz

UW

B E

IRP

Em

issi

on L

evel

in d

Bm

Indoor Limit Part 15 Limit

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Ranging theoretical limits

•  Under this hypothesis, one can write:

with: B = 7.5 GHz, fH = 10.6 GHz, fL = 3.1 GHz, 2G0 = 9.86·10-24 Joule/Hz, and N0 ≅ 2·10-20 W/Hz, corresponding to:

which leads to the average error in distance estimation:

( )2 0ˆ

2 2 20

8 23 H H L L

N

G B f f f fτσ

π=

+ +

2 29ˆ 6.63 10τσ

−= ⋅

6ˆ 2.44 10c mτσ

−= ⋅

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•  Let us assume a transmitted signal s(t) •  Received signal r(t) is given by

where the channel impulse response is (assuming an ideal channel)

•  Let us assume :

Example of Sync procedure (1/3) - Ranging Techniques -

( )( ) ( ) ( )r t h t s t n t= ∗ +

( ) ( ) ( )( )δ τ= −h t A D t D

D

Tx

Rx

Basis for RSSI Basis for TOA

( )( ) / 2Ts t rect t T= +

0 T 0

1

t

s(t)

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Example of Sync procedure (2/3) - Ranging techniques -

•  Let us assume a correlation receiver.

•  The output will be:

•  If synchronization is perfect, Rs(x) is sampled at x=T -> peak of the autocorrelation

•  If synchronization is not perfect, Rs(x) is sampled at x≠T -> lower value

•  The symmetry of Rs(x) can be used for achieving synchronization

0 T 2T 0

1

x

R s ( x )

X

sT

dtτ

τ

+

∫( )m t τ−

Z( ) ( ) ( )n j cr t s t c T n tα τ= − − +

b̂ˆ0 0ˆ0 1

Z bZ b

⎧ > =⎪⎨

< =⎪⎩

EstimatedBit

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Example of Sync procedure (3/3) - Ranging techniques -

•  Early-late gate synchronizer: It takes two samples of Rs(x), shifted of ±Δ, and evaluates the quantity:

0 T 2T 0

1

x

R s ( x ) ( ) ( )s sR R Rξ δ ξ δΔ = − − +

Case 1: Perfect synchronization: x = T -> ΔR = 0

No action needed

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Example of Sync procedure (3/3) - Ranging techniques -

•  Early-late gate synchronizer: It takes two samples of Rs(x), shifted of ±Δ, and evaluates the quantity:

0 T 2T 0

1

x

R s ( x ) ( ) ( )s sR R Rξ δ ξ δΔ = − − +

Case 2: Imperfect synchronization: x = T ± t -> ΔR ≠ 0

The sampling time is adjusted in a loop depending on the value of ΔR, until ΔR = 0

and t is estimated

ΔR

t

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Angle of Arrival - Ranging techniques -

•  Based on directional antennas (e.g.: linear arrays):

Antenna elements

Incident plane wave direction

•  Two main measurement techniques: –  Phase interferometry: the angle is estimated by phase

differences in the signal received by antenna elements –  Beamforming: the angle of arrival is estimated by moving the

main beam of the array over the angular field of interest

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Angle of Arrival - Ranging techniques -

•  Drawbacks: – Highly coherent receiver (all channels must

have the same effect on the received signal) – The cost of the receiver increases as the

array size increases

the number of elements required to obtain a given accuracy strongly depends on the radio environment

The size should be reduced as much as possible

BUT

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Angle of Arrival - Ranging techniques -

•  Angle measurements from two anchor nodes are required to determine a position in a 2-d environment:

•  No distance estimation is required

( )( ) ( )

( ) ( )

( ) ( )

( ) ( )

1 21 2

1 23 1 1

1

1 2

1 21 2

1 23

1 2

tan tan1tan 1 1

tan tan

tan tan

1 1tan tan

Y YX XX X Y

Y YX XY

α αα

α α

α α

α α

⎧ ⎫⎛ ⎞⎪ ⎪⎜ ⎟

⎜ ⎟⎪ ⎪⎪ ⎪⎝ ⎠⎨ ⎬⎛ ⎞⎪ ⎪⎜ ⎟⎪ ⎪⎜ ⎟⎪ ⎪⎝ ⎠⎩ ⎭⎛ ⎞⎜ ⎟⎜ ⎟⎝ ⎠

⎛ ⎞⎜ ⎟⎜ ⎟⎝ ⎠

− − += − ⋅ −

+

− − +=

+

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Received Signal Strength Indicator - Ranging techniques -

•  Alternative solution to Time of Arrival in order to estimate distance between terminals

+ Lower requirements in terms of synchronization and clock precision

-  Requires accurate estimation of channel behavior

-  Distance estimation extremely sensible to propagation fluctuations and moving obstacles

Example: RSSI estimation in consumer devices

•  2 tablet Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 •  1 smartphone Samsung Galaxy S II Plus •  2 router TP-Link dualband N750-WDR4300

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Example: RSSI estimation in consumer devices

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•  Series of 100 measurements – Day 1

-70 -68 -66 -64 -62 -60 -58 -56 -54 -52 -50 -48 -46 -44 -42 -40

1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 43 46 49 52 55 58 61 64 67 70 73 76 79 82 85 88 91 94 97 100

RSSI – series 1

dBm

-45,6 T1

-57,3 T1

AP1 -44,6 M

-46,6 T2

-57,5 T2

-58 M

AP2

Example: RSSI estimation in consumer devices

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-68 -66 -64 -62 -60 -58 -56 -54 -52 -50 -48 -46 -44 -42 -40 -38

1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 43 46 49 52 55 58 61 64 67 70 73 76 79 82 85 88 91 94 97 100

RSSI – series 2

-55 T1

-47,5 T2

dBm

-47 T1

-41 M

AP2

AP1

-61 T2

-49 M

•  Series of 100 measurements – Day 2

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Summary

•  Ranging –  Ranging techniques

•  Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), Angle Of Arrival (AOA), Time Of Arrival (TOA)

–  Ranging in Wireless Networks •  Wi-Fi, GPS, UWB

•  Positioning –  Positioning techniques

•  TOA, TDOA –  Positioning systems

•  GPS, Wi-Fi, RFID, UWB, Bluetooth –  Positioning in distributed networks

•  Anchor-based and anchor-less protocols –  Impact on routing and navigation

•  The 3D case

•  Overview on RSSI-based Positioning Algorithms for WPSs - A practical implementation at the DIET Department

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•  Code shift is used to estimate propagation time between transmitter and receiver:

Ranging in wireless networks - Direct Sequence Ranging -

RX

TX

DTprop

TXRX propd c T= ⋅Δ

Chip rate 1/Tc determines the ranging accuracy:

d

Tc

2cTd c cδΔ = ⋅ = ⋅

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Ranging in wireless networks - Direct Sequence Ranging -

How to improve ranging accuracy?

Use carrier phase

+ Accuracy is now related to the carrier frequency fp:

- Carrier locking is more difficult than code locking: 1.  Get code locking

2.  Start searching carrier locking

p

cdf

λΔ ∝ =

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Ranging in wireless networks - Example: GPS -

•  Two codes: – C/A code: Tc ≈ 1 ms – P code: Tc ≈ 0.1 ms

•  Two carrier frequencies: – L1: fp ≈ 1575 MHz – L2: fp ≈ 1227 MHz

150m2cTd cΔ = ⋅ =

1 19cmd λΔ ∝ =In the past: military only

Surveying GPS receivers now can reach centimeter accuracy

BUT

Cost: 40000 – 50000 dollars

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Ranging in distributed networks

•  When there is no common time reference ranging can be based on the evaluation of roundtrip time between transmitter and receiver:

21 0t t t tprop sync− = ⋅Δ +Δ

1 02

t t tsynctprop− −Δ

Δ =

21 0

c cdAB t t t tprop sync⋅= =Δ − −Δ

•  Requires coordination between transmitter and receiver

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Relative clock rates must be estimated by localizers

Ranging in distributed networks

•  Issues: –  The estimation is influenced by clock relative drifts

between the two terminals: t tsyncBsyncAΔ ≠Δ

–  A small time value (Dtprop) is obtained as the difference of two larger time values (t1-t0, Dtsync)

More elaborated ranging schemes avoid this problem

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Summary

•  Ranging –  Ranging techniques

•  Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), Angle Of Arrival (AOA), Time Of Arrival (TOA)

–  Ranging in Wireless Networks •  Wi-Fi, GPS, UWB

•  Positioning –  Positioning techniques

•  TOA, TDOA –  Positioning systems

•  GPS, Wi-Fi, RFID, UWB, Bluetooth –  Positioning in distributed networks

•  Anchor-based and anchor-less protocols –  Impact on routing and navigation

•  The 3D case •  Overview on RSSI-based Positioning Algorithms for WPSs - A

practical implementation at the DIET Department

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Positioning techniques

Distance information provided by ranging can be used by a node Ni in order to retrieve its own position, related to a set of reference nodes {N1,...,Nk}. This can be done by applying a positioning technique, such as: –  Spherical positioning: the position of node Ni is

determined as the intersection of spheres centered in the reference nodes

–  Hyperbolic positioning: the position of node Ni is determined as the intersection of spheres centered in the reference nodes

These techniques provide the same solution if distance measurements are not affected by noise

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Spherical positioning - Positioning techniques -

•  Given a target node Ni, the distance Dji between the generic reference node Nj and Ni determines a sphere of radius centered in Nj and passing in Ni

•  Since the intersection of four spheres defines a single point in a tridimensional space, at least four reference nodes are required to compute the position of the node, solving the system of equations:

X1 − Xi( )2 + Y1 −Yi( )2 + Z1 − Zi( )2

X 2 − Xi( )2 + Y2 −Yi( )2 + Z2 − Zi( )2!

Xk − Xi( )2 + Yk −Yi( )2 + Zk − Zi( )2

⎪⎪⎪⎪

⎪⎪⎪⎪

⎪⎪⎪⎪

⎪⎪⎪⎪

=

D1i

D2 i

!D

ki

⎪⎪⎪

⎪⎪⎪

⎪⎪⎪

⎪⎪⎪

with k ≥ 4

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Spherical positioning - Positioning techniques -

•  In a bidimensional space, three reference nodes are enough:

The solution is thus given by the intersection of three circles in the plane:

X1 − Xi( )2 + Y1 −Yi( )2

X 2 − Xi( )2 + Y2 −Yi( )2!

Xk − Xi( )2 + Yk −Yi( )2

⎪⎪⎪⎪

⎪⎪⎪⎪

⎪⎪⎪⎪

⎪⎪⎪⎪

=

D1iD2i!Dki

⎪⎪

⎪⎪

⎪⎪

⎪⎪

with k ≥ 3

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Hyperbolic positioning - Positioning techniques -

•  Spherical positioning can be used only when a common time reference is available to Ni and all reference nodes {N1,...,Nk}.

•  Hyperbolic positioning only requires a common time reference to be available between the reference nodes, and compensates for an unknown delay δ between the common time reference and the time reference of target node Ni by working in time differences:

•  In conditions of perfect distance measurements, hyperbolic positioning leads to the same result of spherical positioning

•  It can be shown however that ranging errors have a stronger effect on hyperbolic positioning

( ) ( ) ( )( ) ( )( )1 1 1ni ni nin i n i n iD D c c cτ δ τ δ τ τ− − −− = + − + = −

Unknown delay

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Hyperbolic positioning - Positioning techniques -

•  Given a target node Ni its position in a tridimensional space is determined as the intersection of hyperboloids in space, as described by the following equations:

X 2 − Xi( )2 + Y2 −Yi( )2 + Z2 − Zi( )2 − X1 − Xi( )2 + Y1 −Yi( )2 + Z1 − Zi( )2

X 3 − Xi( )2 + Y3 −Yi( )2 + Z3 − Zi( )2 − X 2 − Xi( )2 + Y2 −Yi( )2 + Z2 − Zi( )2!

Xk − Xi( )2 + Yk −Yi( )2 + Zk − Zi( )2 − Xk−1 − Xi( )2 + Yk−1 −Yi( )2 + Zk−1 − Zi( )2

⎪⎪⎪

⎪⎪⎪

⎪⎪⎪

⎪⎪⎪

=

=

D2 i − D1iD3i − D2 i

!Dki − D( k−1) i

⎨⎪⎪

⎩⎪⎪

⎬⎪⎪

⎭⎪⎪

with k ≥ 4

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Hyperbolic positioning - Positioning techniques -

•  In a bidimensional space, one has:

•  The solution is thus given by the intersection of two hyperboles in the plane:

X 2 − Xi( )2 + Y2 −Yi( )2 − X1 − Xi( )2 + Y1 −Yi( )2

X 3 − Xi( )2 + Y3 −Yi( )2 − X 2 − Xi( )2 + Y2 −Yi( )2!

Xk − Xi( )2 + Yk −Yi( )2 − Xk−1 − Xi( )2 + Yk−1 −Yi( )2

⎪⎪⎪

⎪⎪⎪

⎪⎪⎪

⎪⎪⎪

=

D2 i − D1iD3i − D2 i

!Dki − D( k−1) i

⎨⎪⎪

⎩⎪⎪

⎬⎪⎪

⎭⎪⎪

with k ≥ 3

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•  In presence of ranging errors analytical solutions provided by spherical and hyperbolic positions may not exist:

•  Position must be derived by means of minimization methods (e.g. Least Square Errors)

•  Error in position estimation can be reduced by increasing the number of observations

Effect of ranging errors - Positioning techniques -

Distance measurements

affected by errors

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Effect of ranging errors - Positioning techniques -

•  Example: 10 nodes in an area 50x50 m2:

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 0 5

10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

X [m]

Y [m

] Step 1: choose a target node and a set of k reference nodes

Step 0: generate the set of nodes in random positions

Step 2: perform spherical positioning

Case A: TOA error variance

σ2 = 0

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

X [m]

Y [m

]

Case B: TOA error variance

σ2 = 5

Target node Reference node Estimated position

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Effect of ranging errors - Positioning techniques -

Positioning error increases with ranging error

0 2.5 5 7.5 10 0

5

10

15

20

25

Variance of ranging error s 2

Aver

age

posi

tioni

ng e

rror

[m]

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Number of reference nodes k

Aver

age

posi

tioni

ng e

rror [

m]

But can be reduced with redundant measurements

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Summary

•  Ranging –  Ranging techniques

•  Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), Angle Of Arrival (AOA), Time Of Arrival (TOA)

–  Ranging in Wireless Networks •  Wi-Fi, GPS, UWB

•  Positioning –  Positioning techniques

•  TOA, TDOA –  Positioning systems

•  GPS, Wi-Fi, RFID, UWB, Bluetooth –  Positioning in distributed networks

•  Anchor-based and anchor-less protocols –  Impact on routing and navigation

•  The 3D case

•  Overview on RSSI-based Positioning Algorithms for WPSs - A practical implementation at the DIET Department

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Position systems

•  Global Positioning System –  21 satellites –  At least 4 visible from any point on earth –  Distance estimation: Time of Arrival based on Direct

Sequence signals –  Position estimation: 4 distance measurements are

used: •  3 measurements to determine approximate position •  1 additional measurement to estimate the rate between local

and system clock and compensate for it:

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Position systems •  Spot On

– Dedicated hardware, composed of RF tags

– Based on RSSI – Each tag estimates distance based on the

reception of beacons – A prediction model of RSSI as a function of

distance is adopted – Cost effective, but requires accurate

calibration of each tag due to HW inaccuracies

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Position systems •  RADAR

–  Wi-Fi based positioning –  Exploits fingerprinting of the target

area: a set of positions is decided a priori, and RSSI received by all Base Stations from a terminal disposed in each position is recorded

–  When the position of a station must be evaluated, the system searches for the most probable combination of received power values at the base-stations and determines the closest position

–  Errors in average positioning in the order of 3 - 4 meters

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Position systems •  UWB Sapphire tags from Zebra

–  Designed for in-building positioning (typically hospitals)

–  TOA for ranging measurements –  TDOA (hyperbolic) positioning –  Requires installation of ceil-mounted

receivers, which are cabled for maintaining a common time reference

–  Calibration is performed at system set-up by means of a tag at known location

–  Position accuracy: better than 30 cm

PAL650 - TAG

PAL650 - Receiver

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Position systems •  RFID / Bluetooth LE / iBeacons

–  Based on the concept of proximity –  The position of the user is associated to the position

of the closest infrastructure element –  Accuracy is determined by the combination of radio

coverage and density of infrastructure element: •  Lower coverage -> higher accuracy •  High density required to provide reasonable area coverage

–  Simple to implement, not necessarily cost effective –  A system based on this concept using RFID was

implemented temporarily in the first floor of San Pietro in Vincoli in December 2012

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Position systems •  SPinV experiment

–  26 passive RFID readers –  130 active RFID tags –  Mixed wired-wireless

architecture

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Position systems •  SPinV experiment

–  Integration with smartphone web-app

–  Positioning and navigation

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Summary

•  Ranging –  Ranging techniques

•  Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), Angle Of Arrival (AOA), Time Of Arrival (TOA)

–  Ranging in Wireless Networks •  Wi-Fi, GPS, UWB

•  Positioning –  Positioning techniques

•  TOA, TDOA –  Positioning systems

•  GPS, Wi-Fi, RFID, UWB, Bluetooth –  Positioning in distributed networks

•  Anchor-based and anchor-less protocols –  Impact on routing and navigation

•  The 3D case •  Overview on RSSI-based Positioning Algorithms for WPSs - A

practical implementation at the DIET Department

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A GPS-enabled protocol - Positioning in distributed networks -

•  The Picoradio approach: –  Based on GPS-enabled anchor nodes –  Full connectivity: triangulation from anchor nodes

–  Partial connectivity: cooperative ranging, divided in two phases: •  Start-up •  Maintenance

T0

T1 x

y

z

T2

T3

x2

z3

x3y3

y2

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A GPS-enabled protocol - Distributed positioning algorithms -

•  Start-up: two alternatives 1.  Assumption Based Coordinates (ABC):

•  Each terminal (including anchor nodes) performs its own triangulation at local level considering itself in position (0,0) and broadcasts the results through the network

•  When a terminal receives localization information generated by an anchor node it rotates its own coordinate system

2.  Triangulation via Extended Range and Redundant Association of Intermediate Nodes (TERRAIN):

•  Only anchor nodes start broadcasting localization information

•  Not GPS-enabled terminals wait for localization information from 4 different anchor nodes.

•  Maintenance: periodical triangulation to manage with terminal mobility

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A GPS-enabled protocol - Distributed positioning algorithms -

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A GPS-free protocol - Positioning in distributed networks -

•  Self-Positioning Algorithm: – No anchor nodes – Each terminal starts its own topology

discovery – A criterion must be given to establish which

coordinate system will be adopted in the network:

•  MAC address •  Speed (the lower, the better) •  Reliability (Available power) •  ….

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Local coordinate system (1/2)

•  Three steps performed by each terminal i:

1.  Detect its set of one-hop neighbours Ki; 2.  Evaluate the set of distances from its

neighbors Di; 3.  Send Di and Ki to all one-hop neighbors;

i

1 hop neighbor

2 hop neighbor

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Local coordinate system (2/2) •  In a 2-D environment, 3 terminals are required to form a

coordinate system: – i selects a couple of terminals (p,q) in Ki such that:

• p and q are not co-linear with I • p in Kq (or q in Kp)

– Basing on p’s and q’s position, i will be able to evaluate the position of a subset of terminals in Ki (yellow terminals), called Local View Set (LVS)

– Remaining terminals are not positioned in i’s system (blue terminals)

i

p

q

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Network coordinate system (1/2)

•  After Phase 1, terminals use different coordinate system

•  Phase 2 deals with this topic, by forcing terminals to rotate and/or mirror their coordinate systems until only one remains

–  Conditions for i and k to harmonize their coordinate systems: 1.  i in LVSk and k in LVSi; 2.  j ≠ i,k such that: j in LVSi and j in LVSk

ak aj

bi bj

i k

j

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Network coordinate system (2/2)

• Harmonization of two different coordinate systems may require: – Rotating – Mirroring

• In order to understand if mirroring is required, the common neighbor is used:

aj - ak

bj - bi j

i k

bj - bi

aj - ak

j

i k

Mirroring No mirroring

xk xk

yk

yk

xi xi

yi yi

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Algorithm definition - Open issues -

•  Algorithm convergence is a serious issue with or without anchor nodes

•  In real world we must take into account – Ranging errors – Communication failures – Mobility

Robustness is a key point in algorithm definition and testing phases

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Example: SPA robustness to network connectivity

Area size: 80 m Number of terminals: 10

20 40 60 8040

50

60

70

80

90

100

Trasmission Range (m)

Perc

enta

ge o

f pos

ition

ed te

rmin

als

Percentage of terminals sharing the same coordinate system

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Example: SPA robustness to ranging errors

Area size: 80 m Number of terminals: 10

0 0.1 1 100

5

10

15

20

25

30

Maximum Ranging Error (m)

Ave

rage

pos

ition

ing

erro

r (%

)

Average percentage positioning error

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Summary

•  Ranging –  Ranging techniques

•  Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), Angle Of Arrival (AOA), Time Of Arrival (TOA)

–  Ranging in Wireless Networks •  Wi-Fi, GPS, UWB

•  Positioning –  Positioning techniques

•  TOA, TDOA –  Positioning systems

•  GPS, Wi-Fi, RFID, UWB, Bluetooth –  Positioning in distributed networks

•  Anchor-based and anchor-less protocols –  Impact on routing and navigation

•  The 3D case •  Overview on RSSI-based Positioning Algorithms for WPSs - A

practical implementation at the DIET Department

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Impact of positioning accuracy on routing

•  Simulation assumptions •  25 Nodes •  No mobility •  150 x 150 m2

•  Mixed LOS/NLOS propagation conditions – An NLOS link affects both range and ranging

accuracy •  Energy consumption (Tx/Rx/Idle) and

ranging error models derived from literature •  Varying connectivity scenarios, depending

on % of NLOS links

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Positioned nodes

Abrupt decrease in positioning performance

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Positioning errors

Error undefined (not enough positioned nodes)

PositioningError %( ) =Real distance − Estimateddistance

Real distance

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Throughput & Energy

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Impact of positioning refresh interval

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From positioning to tracking

•  Positioning is a required step to get a first fix on the position of the user

•  Tracking is the natural next step •  Rather than evaluating from scratch the position

on each update, tracking may leverage on previous estimates

•  The problem becomes a status update one, and can be addressed with approaches based on filtering:

– Kalman filter – Particle filter

•  Both share the possibility of defining the status in a flexible way

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From positioning to tracking

•  Status can be defined based on the estimate obtained by a single technology, or by many different inputs:

RSSI Fingerprint

Fingerprinting Database

Particle Filter

INS Inertial Navigation

System

Neural Network

Indoor Map

Estimated Position

Accelerometer

Magnetometer

Gravimeter

Gyroscope

Initial Position

Walls and doors

Measurements from Inertial

Sensors

RSSI fingerprinting method

(x,y)

(xRssi, yRssi)

(xSens, ySens)

An Overview of the System

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Summary

•  Ranging –  Ranging techniques

•  Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), Angle Of Arrival (AOA), Time Of Arrival (TOA)

–  Ranging in Wireless Networks •  Wi-Fi, GPS, UWB

•  Positioning –  Positioning techniques

•  TOA, TDOA –  Positioning systems

•  GPS, Wi-Fi, RFID, UWB, Bluetooth –  Positioning in distributed networks

•  Anchor-based and anchor-less protocols –  Impact on routing and navigation

•  The 3D case •  Overview on RSSI-based Positioning Algorithms for WPSs - A

practical implementation at the DIET Department

The 3D case

•  3D may be a nice addition to outdoor position visualization, but is usually not crucial to have a satisfactory user experience

•  Indoor positioning calls for specific solutions to handle 3D in positioning and visualization of position

•  The extension from 2D to 3D is straightforward from a theoretical point of view

•  In the real world however the third dimension is often harder to address properly: –  The disposition of the infrastructure is typically optimized for 2D

positioning and tracking –  The same error may have dramatically different effects when it

happens to be in the vertical dimension

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The 3D case

•  Example: impact of Geometric Dilution of Precision

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Case a): 3D uniform reference point disposition

Case b): Ceiling reference point disposition

The 3D case

•  User mobility tracking and navigation becomes a harder problem as well

•  Most technologies available for user tracking do not currently provide the same level of performance on the vertical dimension

•  Examples: –  Wi-Fi, due to AP typical deployment patterns –  Inertial sensors / MEMS, due to difficulties in compensating drifts

due to vertical movement

•  3D tracking is also made more difficult by the need for additional coverage by the positioning infrastructure for passages between floors (e.g. stairs, elevators)

•  Even simple floor detection can be a significant issue

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The 3D case

•  Visualization also requires dedicated tools in order to provide a clear, usable 3D representation of indoor environments

•  Multi-floor scenarios representation in particular may become chaotic if not properly designed

•  An example will be shown in the second part of the seminar, given by Giuseppe Caso

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Summary

•  Ranging –  Ranging techniques

•  Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI), Angle Of Arrival (AOA), Time Of Arrival (TOA)

–  Ranging in Wireless Networks •  Wi-Fi, GPS, UWB

•  Positioning –  Positioning techniques

•  TOA, TDOA –  Positioning systems

•  GPS, Wi-Fi, RFID, UWB, Bluetooth –  Positioning in distributed networks

•  Anchor-based and anchor-less protocols –  Impact on routing and navigation

•  The 3D case •  Overview on RSSI-based Positioning Algorithms for WPSs - A

practical implementation at the DIET Department

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