基于TDOA 的室内定位系统中多径抑制方法

    Method of Multipath Mitigation in TDOA-based Indoor Positioning System

    • 摘要: 多径传播能显著降低基于到达时间差(TDOA)的定位精度。文中介绍了一种使用波束指向圆极化天线(BSCPA)抑制室内多径传播的方法。BSCPA 由一个波束开关网络、四个相同的六边形贴片单元及其馈电网络组成。通过控制波束开关网络中的射频(RF)开关的状态,可以分别激励四个指向圆极化波束以实现方位角全向覆盖。根据BSCPA 的指向波束和圆极化,可以减轻由室内多径造成的定位误差。在面积为10. 8 m×6. 6 m、视距(LOS)、复杂多径的室内环境中,当测试信号为20MHz 带宽的WLAN 时,得到的2D 定位平均误差为0. 71 m。与传统的全向线性极化天线(OLPA)相比,BSCPA 可以将定位精度提高52. 5%。该改进表明,所提出的方法可以显著抑制基于TDOA 的室内定位的多径传播。

       

      Abstract: Multipath propagation can significantly reduce the TDOA-based accuracy. In this paper, a beam steering circular polarization antenna (BSCPA) is used to mitigate indoor multipath propagation. The BSCPA consists of a beam switch network, four identical hexagon patch elements and their feeding networks. By controlling the states of a radio frequency (RF) switch in the beam switch network, four steering circular polarization beams can be excited separately for azimuth omnidirectional coverage. Depending on steering beams and circular polarization of the BSCPA, the positioning inaccuracy from indoor multipath propagation can be mitigated. In a line of sight (LOS), complex multipath indoor environment with the areas of 10. 8 m×6. 6 m, the 2D positioning mean error obtained is 0. 71 m with a 20MHz bandwidth signal in WLAN. Compared with conventional omnidirectional linear polarization antenna (OLPA), the BSCPA can improve positioning accuracy by 52. 5%. The improvement shows that the proposed method can significantly mitigate multipath propagation for TDOA-based indoor positioning.

       

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