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Experimental Evaluation of Round-Trip ToF-based Localization in the 60 GHz Band

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Nebojsa Maletic; Vladica Sark; Marcus Ehrig; Jesús Gutiérrez; Eckhard Grass
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Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication has emerged as a key technology for achieving high data throughput and low latency in 5G networks. Thanks to the large channel band...Show More

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Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication has emerged as a key technology for achieving high data throughput and low latency in 5G networks. Thanks to the large channel bandwidths in the mmWave spectrum (e.g. 2.16 GHz in the 57-66 GHz band), mmWave technology allows precise and accurate time of flight (ToF) measurements, hence supporting precise and accurate positioning. In this paper, an experimental evaluation of ToF-based localization in the 60 GHz band is presented. We implemented the two-way ranging (TWR) protocol between a mobile node and multiple anchor nodes. The implementation is carried out on an own software-defined radio (SDR) baseband platform, combined with commercial 60 GHz chipsets. Tests were performed indoors in a laboratory environment. The results of our evaluation show that a positioning error of less than 5 cm can be obtained.
Published in: 2019 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN)
Date of Conference: 30 September 2019 - 03 October 2019
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 28 November 2019
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DOI: 10.1109/IPIN.2019.8911743
Conference Location: Pisa, Italy
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I. Introduction

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