Time-based UWB localization architectures analysis for UAVs positioning in industry

[EN] Ultra-Wide-Band (UWB) technology allows for partially mitigating the NLOS and multipath effects of time-based localization in low-range applications. Thus, it has been widely proposed for indoor navigation, reaching very promising results with mature technology already available. However, an an...

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Autores: Díez González, Javier, Ferrero Guillén, Rubén, Verde García, Paula, Martínez Gutiérrez, Alberto, Álvarez, Rubén, Torres-Sospedra, Joaquín
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de León
Repositorio:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
OAI Identifier:oai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/22450
Acceso en línea:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1570870524000301?via%3Dihub
https://hdl.handle.net/10612/22450
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ingeniería de sistemas
Matemáticas
TOA
TDOA
A-TDOA
Indoor localization
Cramér-Rao bounds
Node distribution optimization
UAVs
1206.01 Construcción de Algoritmos
1203.24 Teoría de la Programación
3310 Tecnología Industrial
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Sumario:[EN] Ultra-Wide-Band (UWB) technology allows for partially mitigating the NLOS and multipath effects of time-based localization in low-range applications. Thus, it has been widely proposed for indoor navigation, reaching very promising results with mature technology already available. However, an analysis of the suitability of different synchronous and asynchronous time-based architectures can provide valid conclusions for the future development of this field. For this reason, we perform in this paper a fair comparison of two traditional synchronous architectures (TOA and TDOA) and one asynchronous architecture (A-TDOA) defining the lowest error bounds for each architecture in an indoor industrial scenario devised for UAV navigation. Results have shown that although current industrial time-based localization software is mainly based on TDOA (synchronous) and Two-Way-Range (asynchronous) architectures, asynchronous localization can statistically provide more accurate and stable positioning services in indoor industrial environments. These results encourage further experimentation in other different asynchronous architectures in the coming years.