Autocorrelation Phase Measurement of Spread Spectrum Signal for High Precision Indoor Microwave Positioning

Abstract:

The increasing demand for high precision indoor positioning in many public services has urged research to implement cost-effective systems for a rising number of applications. However, current systems with either short-range positioning technology based on wireless local area networks (WLAN) and ZigBee achieving meter-level accuracy, or ultra-wide band (UWB) and 60 GHz communication technology achieving high precision but with high cost required, could not meet the need of indoor wireless positioning. This paper presents a new method of high precision indoor positioning by autocorrelation phase measurement of spread spectrum signal utilizing carrier frequency lower than 1 GHz, thereby decreasing power emission and hardware cost. The phase measurement is more sensitive to the distance of microwave transmission than timing, thus achieving higher positioning accuracy. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed positioning method can achieve high precision of less than 1 centimeter decreasing when various noise and interference added.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 734)
• Pages: 31-39
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.734.31
• Online since: February 2015
• Authors: Wen Yang Cai, Gao Yong Luo*
• Keywords: High-Precision, Indoor Positioning, Spread Spectrum, Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA)

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