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High-accuracy localization for assisted living : 5G systems will turn multipath channels from foe to friend

Witrisal, Klaus ; Meissner, Paul ; Leitinger, Erik ; Shen, Yuan ; Gustafson, Carl LU ; Tufvesson, Fredrik LU orcid ; Haneda, Katsuyuki ; Dardari, Davide ; Molisch, Andreas F. LU and Conti, Andrea , et al. (2016) In IEEE Signal Processing Magazine 33(2). p.59-70
Abstract

Asisted living (AL) technologies, enabled by technical advances such as the advent of the Internet of Things, are increasingly gaining importance in our aging society. This article discusses the potential of future high-accuracy localization systems as a key component of AL applications. Accurate location information can be tremendously useful to realize, e.g., behavioral monitoring, fall detection, and real-time assistance. Such services are expected to provide older adults and people with disabilities with more independence and thus to reduce the cost of caretaking. Total cost of ownership and ease of installation are paramount to make sensor systems for AL viable. In case of a radio-based indoor localization system, this implies that... (More)

Asisted living (AL) technologies, enabled by technical advances such as the advent of the Internet of Things, are increasingly gaining importance in our aging society. This article discusses the potential of future high-accuracy localization systems as a key component of AL applications. Accurate location information can be tremendously useful to realize, e.g., behavioral monitoring, fall detection, and real-time assistance. Such services are expected to provide older adults and people with disabilities with more independence and thus to reduce the cost of caretaking. Total cost of ownership and ease of installation are paramount to make sensor systems for AL viable. In case of a radio-based indoor localization system, this implies that a conventional solution is unlikely to gain widespread adoption because of its requirement to install multiple fixed nodes (anchors) in each room. This article therefore places its focus on 1) discussing radiolocalization methods that reduce the required infrastructure by exploiting information from reflected multipath components (MPCs) and 2) showing that knowledge about the propagation environment enables localization with high accuracy and robustness. It is demonstrated that new millimeter-wave (mm-wave) technology, under investigation for 5G communications systems, will be able to provide centimeter (cm)-accuracy indoor localization in a robust manner, ideally suited for AL.

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IEEE Signal Processing Magazine
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12 pages
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IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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10.1109/MSP.2015.2504328
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  author       = {{Witrisal, Klaus and Meissner, Paul and Leitinger, Erik and Shen, Yuan and Gustafson, Carl and Tufvesson, Fredrik and Haneda, Katsuyuki and Dardari, Davide and Molisch, Andreas F. and Conti, Andrea and Win, Moe Z.}},
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  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{59--70}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  series       = {{IEEE Signal Processing Magazine}},
  title        = {{High-accuracy localization for assisted living : 5G systems will turn multipath channels from foe to friend}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MSP.2015.2504328}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/MSP.2015.2504328}},
  volume       = {{33}},
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