Authors:
Frank Ellinger
1
;
Jörg Carls
1
;
Silvan Wehrli
2
;
Heinz Jäckel
2
;
Christian Kromer
2
;
Leif Wiebking
3
;
Alexander Dabek
3
;
Jörg Hüttner
3
;
Richard Roskosch
3
;
Roland Gierlich
3
;
Claus Seisenberger
3
;
Mario Huemer
4
;
Ralf Mosshammer
4
;
Thomas Ußmüller
4
;
Robert Weigel
4
;
Viswanathan Subramanian
5
;
Marko Krcmar
5
;
Georg Böck
5
;
Demosthenes Doumenis
6
;
Anastasis Kounoudes
6
;
Krzysztof Kurek
7
;
Yevhen Yashchyshyn
7
;
Rafal Szumny
7
;
Antonis Kalis
8
;
Elena Avatagelou
9
;
Anastasia Garbi
9
and
Solon Spiegel
10
Affiliations:
1
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH); Dresden University of Technology, Switzerland
;
2
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Switzerland
;
3
Siemens, Germany
;
4
Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremburg, Germany
;
5
Technical University of Berlin, Germany
;
6
SignalGeneriX Ltd, Cyprus
;
7
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
;
8
Research and Education Society in Information Technologies, Greece
;
9
Exodus, Greece
;
10
RIO Systems, Israel
Keyword(s):
Local positioning, FMCW radar, RF, WLAN, integrated circuits, CMOS, BiCMOS.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Mobile Software and Services
;
Telecommunications
;
Wireless Information Networks and Systems
;
Wireless Information Policy, Risk Assessment and Management
Abstract:
This conference paper gives a brief overview of the EU project RESOLUTION started in Feb. 2006. The goal is the development of a wireless three-dimensional (3-D) local positioning system with measurement accuracy in the centimeter regime. A novel frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar principle with active sensors is employed. This advanced local position radar will be co-designed together with common WLAN systems operating around 5 GHz. Because of the high positioning accuracy, real-time ability, and robustness against multipath effects and fading, novel applications will be feasible including smart factories, robotics, interactive guiding, object tracking and augmented reality.