289 research outputs found
waveSLAM: Empowering accurate indoor mapping using off-the-shelf millimeter-wave self-sensing
Proceedings of: 2023 IEEE 98th Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2023-Fall, 10-13 October 2023, Hong Kong.This paper presents the design, implementation and evaluation of waveSLAM, a low-cost mobile robot system that uses the millimetre wave (mmWave) communication devices to enhance the indoor mapping process targeting environments with reduced visibility or glass/mirror walls. A unique feature of waveSLAM is that it only leverages existing Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) hardware (Lidar and mmWave radios) that are mounted on mobile robots to improve the accurate indoor mapping achieved with optical sensors. The key intuition behind the waveSLAM design is that while the mobile robots moves freely, the mmWave radios can periodically exchange angle and distance estimates between themselves (self-sensing) by bouncing the signal from the environment, thus enabling accurate estimates of the target object/material surface. Our experiments verify that waveSLAM can archive cm-level accuracy with errors below 22 cm and 20◦ in angle orientation which is compatible with Lidar when building indoor maps.This work has been partially funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation program under grant agreement No 101095759 (Hexa-X-II) and the Spanish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation and the European Union-Next Generation EU through the UNICO 5G I+D 6G-EDGEDT
Slocalization: Sub-{\mu}W Ultra Wideband Backscatter Localization
Ultra wideband technology has shown great promise for providing high-quality
location estimation, even in complex indoor multipath environments, but
existing ultra wideband systems require tens to hundreds of milliwatts during
operation. Backscatter communication has demonstrated the viability of
astonishingly low-power tags, but has thus far been restricted to narrowband
systems with low localization resolution. The challenge to combining these
complimentary technologies is that they share a compounding limitation,
constrained transmit power. Regulations limit ultra wideband transmissions to
just -41.3 dBm/MHz, and a backscatter device can only reflect the power it
receives. The solution is long-term integration of this limited power, lifting
the initially imperceptible signal out of the noise. This integration only
works while the target is stationary. However, stationary describes the vast
majority of objects, especially lost ones. With this insight, we design
Slocalization, a sub-microwatt, decimeter-accurate localization system that
opens a new tradeoff space in localization systems and realizes an energy,
size, and cost point that invites the localization of every thing. To evaluate
this concept, we implement an energy-harvesting Slocalization tag and find that
Slocalization can recover ultra wideband backscatter in under fifteen minutes
across thirty meters of space and localize tags with a mean 3D Euclidean error
of only 30 cm.Comment: Published at the 17th ACM/IEEE Conference on Information Processing
in Sensor Networks (IPSN'18
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Rich Scattering Wireless Communications: Recent Experiments, Challenges, and Opportunities
Recent advances in the fabrication and experimentation of Reconfigurable
Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) have motivated the concept of the smart radio
environment, according to which the propagation of information-bearing
waveforms in the wireless medium is amenable to programmability. Although the
vast majority of recent experimental research on RIS-empowered wireless
communications gravitates around narrowband beamforming in quasi-free space,
RISs are foreseen to revolutionize wideband wireless connectivity in dense
urban as well as indoor scenarios, which are usually characterized as strongly
reverberant environments exhibiting severe multipath conditions. In this
article, capitalizing on recent physics-driven experimental explorations of
RIS-empowered wave propagation control in complex scattering cavities, we
identify the potential of the spatiotemporal control offered by RISs to boost
wireless communications in rich scattering channels via two case studies.
First, an RIS is deployed to shape the multipath channel impulse response,
which is shown to enable higher achievable communication rates. Second, the
RIS-tunable propagation environment is leveraged as an analog multiplexer to
localize non-cooperative objects using wave fingerprints, even when they are
outside the line of sight. Future research challenges and opportunities in the
algorithmic design and experimentation of smart rich scattering wireless
environments enabled by RISs for sixth Generation (6G) wireless communications
are discussed.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, submitted to an IEEE Magazin
Dense and long-term monitoring of Earth surface processes with passive RFID -- a review
Billions of Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) passive tags are produced
yearly to identify goods remotely. New research and business applications are
continuously arising, including recently localization and sensing to monitor
earth surface processes. Indeed, passive tags can cost 10 to 100 times less
than wireless sensors networks and require little maintenance, facilitating
years-long monitoring with ten's to thousands of tags. This study reviews the
existing and potential applications of RFID in geosciences. The most mature
application today is the study of coarse sediment transport in rivers or
coastal environments, using tags placed into pebbles. More recently, tag
localization was used to monitor landslide displacement, with a centimetric
accuracy. Sensing tags were used to detect a displacement threshold on unstable
rocks, to monitor the soil moisture or temperature, and to monitor the snowpack
temperature and snow water equivalent. RFID sensors, available today, could
monitor other parameters, such as the vibration of structures, the tilt of
unstable boulders, the strain of a material, or the salinity of water. Key
challenges for using RFID monitoring more broadly in geosciences include the
use of ground and aerial vehicles to collect data or localize tags, the
increase in reading range and duration, the ability to use tags placed under
ground, snow, water or vegetation, and the optimization of economical and
environmental cost. As a pattern, passive RFID could fill a gap between
wireless sensor networks and manual measurements, to collect data efficiently
over large areas, during several years, at high spatial density and moderate
cost.Comment: Invited paper for Earth Science Reviews. 50 pages without references.
31 figures. 8 table
An inclusive survey of contactless wireless sensing: a technology used for remotely monitoring vital signs has the potential to combating COVID-19
With the Coronavirus pandemic showing no signs of abating, companies and governments around the world are spending millions of dollars to develop contactless sensor technologies that minimize the need for physical interactions between the patient and healthcare providers. As a result, healthcare research studies are rapidly progressing towards discovering innovative contactless technologies, especially for infants and elderly people who are suffering from chronic diseases that require continuous, real-time control, and monitoring. The fusion between sensing technology and wireless communication has emerged as a strong research candidate choice because wearing sensor devices is not desirable by patients as they cause anxiety and discomfort. Furthermore, physical contact exacerbates the spread of contagious diseases which may lead to catastrophic consequences. For this reason, research has gone towards sensor-less or contactless technology, through sending wireless signals, then analyzing and processing the reflected signals using special techniques such as frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) or channel state information (CSI). Therefore, it becomes easy to monitor and measure the subject’s vital signs remotely without physical contact or asking them to wear sensor devices. In this paper, we overview and explore state-of-the-art research in the field of contactless sensor technology in medicine, where we explain, summarize, and classify a plethora of contactless sensor technologies and techniques with the highest impact on contactless healthcare. Moreover, we overview the enabling hardware technologies as well as discuss the main challenges faced by these systems.This work is funded by the scientific and technological research council of Turkey (TÜBITAK) under grand 119E39
Energy-Sustainable IoT Connectivity: Vision, Technological Enablers, Challenges, and Future Directions
Technology solutions must effectively balance economic growth, social equity,
and environmental integrity to achieve a sustainable society. Notably, although
the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm constitutes a key sustainability enabler,
critical issues such as the increasing maintenance operations, energy
consumption, and manufacturing/disposal of IoT devices have long-term negative
economic, societal, and environmental impacts and must be efficiently
addressed. This calls for self-sustainable IoT ecosystems requiring minimal
external resources and intervention, effectively utilizing renewable energy
sources, and recycling materials whenever possible, thus encompassing energy
sustainability. In this work, we focus on energy-sustainable IoT during the
operation phase, although our discussions sometimes extend to other
sustainability aspects and IoT lifecycle phases. Specifically, we provide a
fresh look at energy-sustainable IoT and identify energy provision, transfer,
and energy efficiency as the three main energy-related processes whose
harmonious coexistence pushes toward realizing self-sustainable IoT systems.
Their main related technologies, recent advances, challenges, and research
directions are also discussed. Moreover, we overview relevant performance
metrics to assess the energy-sustainability potential of a certain technique,
technology, device, or network and list some target values for the next
generation of wireless systems. Overall, this paper offers insights that are
valuable for advancing sustainability goals for present and future generations.Comment: 25 figures, 12 tables, submitted to IEEE Open Journal of the
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