Adnan Waqar, Rohit Kumar, I. Ahmad, D. Habibi, Q. V. Phung
{"title":"Augmenting the Accuracy of EPTS and Smartwatches Using Multiband RTK GNSS Module and UWB Positioning System","authors":"Adnan Waqar, Rohit Kumar, I. Ahmad, D. Habibi, Q. V. Phung","doi":"10.1109/ICMIM48759.2020.9299066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIM48759.2020.9299066","url":null,"abstract":"With recent advances in navigation and communication, physical activity monitoring smartwatches have experienced rapid growth. Similar to activity tracking smartwatches, Electronic Performance Tracking Systems (EPTS) can be used specifically by professional sports people to track athletes during matches. By increasing the positioning accuracy of these tracking devices, more meaningful data can be generated which will further increase the demand for these devices. EPTS or fitness tracking smartwatches should be lightweight, compact, and have low power consumption so that they do not create any hindrance to physical movement. With these limitations, certain high accuracy positioning techniques that are deployed in robotics, construction, and navigation, cannot be used in these devices. However, using the latest positioning solutions, it is now possible to increase the accuracy of these devices up to a few centimeters. In this paper, we present two solutions. First, to increase the positioning accuracy of present EPTS from meters to centimeters and enabling them to track an athletes movements indoor. Second, directing correction data from a source to a GNSS receiver via mobile phone using a Bluetooth module we present a solution that can sharply increase the accuracy of fitness tracking smartwatches.","PeriodicalId":150515,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127648241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Hörmann, Markus Pichler-Scheder, C. Kastl, Hans-Peter Bernhard, P. Priller, A. Springer
{"title":"Location-based Trustworthiness of Wireless Sensor Nodes using Optical Localization","authors":"L. Hörmann, Markus Pichler-Scheder, C. Kastl, Hans-Peter Bernhard, P. Priller, A. Springer","doi":"10.1109/ICMIM48759.2020.9299094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIM48759.2020.9299094","url":null,"abstract":"A continually growing number of sensors is required for monitoring industrial processes and for continuous data acquisition from industrial plants and devices. The cabling of sensors represent a considerable effort and potential source of error, which can be avoided by using wireless sensor nodes. These wireless sensor nodes form a wireless sensor network (WSN) to efficiently transmit data to the destination. For the acceptance of WSNs in industry, it is important to build up networks with high trustworthiness. The trustworthiness of the WSN depends not only on a secure wireless communication but also on the ability to detect modifications at the wireless sensor nodes itself. This paper presents the enhancement of the WSN’s trustworthiness using an optical localization system. It can be used for the preparation phase of the WSN and also during operation to track the positions of the wireless sensor nodes and detect spatial modification. The location information of the sensor nodes can also be used to rate their trustworthiness.","PeriodicalId":150515,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132288979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Rainer, M. Hofer, L. Bernadó, David Löschenbrand, Stefan Zelenbaba, Dakic Anja, T. Zemen, P. Priller, Xiaochun Ye, Wenming Li
{"title":"Optimized Diffuse Scattering Selection for Large Area Real-Time Geometry-Based Stochastic Modeling of Vehicular Communication Links","authors":"B. Rainer, M. Hofer, L. Bernadó, David Löschenbrand, Stefan Zelenbaba, Dakic Anja, T. Zemen, P. Priller, Xiaochun Ye, Wenming Li","doi":"10.1109/ICMIM48759.2020.9298997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIM48759.2020.9298997","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present a geometry-based stochastic channel model (GSCM) for mobile urban scenarios. GSCMs are very use case specific and high effort is needed to transfer existing ones to other scenarios. We propose to use OpenStreetMap data bootstrapping the geometry including the automatic placement of static, mobile and diffuse scatterers. We propose a method to distribute diffuse scatterers along buildings and roads. Our goal is to model complete city areas having the use case of real-time emulation of the wireless channel for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication in mind. In order to achieve this ambitious goal we propose a novel active scattering set selection based on locality-sensitive hashing (LSH). We show the trade-off between the number of selected diffuse scattering points by comparing the resulting power delay profile and Doppler spectral density to a measurement campaign.","PeriodicalId":150515,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128688485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ICMIM 2020 Committees","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/icmim48759.2020.9299054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icmim48759.2020.9299054","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":150515,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM)","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114819789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Margalef-Rovira, Tadeu Mota-Frutuoso, A. Saadi, L. Vincent, M. Barragán, E. Pistono, C. Gaquière, P. Ferrari
{"title":"Miniaturization of Transmission Lines: Meandered Slow-wave CPWs","authors":"M. Margalef-Rovira, Tadeu Mota-Frutuoso, A. Saadi, L. Vincent, M. Barragán, E. Pistono, C. Gaquière, P. Ferrari","doi":"10.1109/ICMIM48759.2020.9299107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIM48759.2020.9299107","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents novel transmission line structures based on Meandered Slow-wave CoPlanar Waveguides (MS-CPWs), aiming to achieve high miniaturization. As a proof-of-concept, these two kinds of transmission lines were designed and fabricated in the AMS 0.35 μm CMOS technology together with classical straight and meandered microstrip lines. Measurement results from 70 kHz to 100 GHz of the fabricated transmission lines are presented. At 80 GHz, all the considered transmission lines present similar quality factors, ranging between 10 and 14. On the other hand, at this frequency, one of the developed MS-CPW presents an effective dielectric constant of 88, while the meandered microstrip exhibits an equivalent effective dielectric constant of 51, thus leading to higher compactness for the MS-CPW.","PeriodicalId":150515,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129948185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A 77-GHz FMCW MIMO Radar Employing a Non-Uniform 2D Antenna Array and Substrate Integrated Waveguides","authors":"S. Hehenberger, A. Yarovoy, A. Stelzer","doi":"10.1109/ICMIM48759.2020.9299059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIM48759.2020.9299059","url":null,"abstract":"In state-of-the-art frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar systems, antennas are usually designed based on microstrip technology. They are arranged in uniform arrays such that the synthesized virtual array maximizes the angular resolution. This paper presents the design of a 77-GHz FMCW MIMO radar frontend with antennas and feed structures based on substrate integrated waveguides (SIW) and non-uniform planar arrays optimized for sidelobe suppression. A design procedure for MIMO arrays with particular emphasis on sidelobe level suppression based on convex optimization is presented, and a novel transition from differential microstrip line to SIW is utilized to feed the transmit antennas. Measurements show the successful SIW and antenna design, as well as a sidelobe level of 40 dB within the field of view (FOV) of the radar system.","PeriodicalId":150515,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122801121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexander Kaineder, Christoph Mangiavillano, Faisal Ahmed, M. Furqan, A. Stelzer
{"title":"240-GHz System on Chip FMCW Radar for Short Range Applications","authors":"Alexander Kaineder, Christoph Mangiavillano, Faisal Ahmed, M. Furqan, A. Stelzer","doi":"10.1109/ICMIM48759.2020.9299090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIM48759.2020.9299090","url":null,"abstract":"GHz system on chip (SoC) frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar for short range applications is presented in this paper. The SoC is attached to a carrier printed circuit board (PCB) which in turn is mounted on a radio frequency (RF) frontend using an interposer. Through the use of on-chip antennas, a small form factor is achieved for the SoC, only requiring bond wires for voltage supplies, intermediate frequency (IF) outputs and a 20-GHz local oscillator (LO) input. Measurements reveal a peak effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) of around 7dBm at 233 GHz with a power consumption of 1.3 W using 1.8 V and 3.3 V supply voltages. Detection of corner reflectors was verified at distances of 1.5 m and 2.5 m using this radar demonstrator.","PeriodicalId":150515,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126323785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiangwei Dang, Xing-dong Liang, Yan-lei Li, Zheng Rong
{"title":"Moving objects elimination towards enhanced dynamic SLAM fusing LiDAR and mmW-radar","authors":"Xiangwei Dang, Xing-dong Liang, Yan-lei Li, Zheng Rong","doi":"10.1109/ICMIM48759.2020.9298986","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIM48759.2020.9298986","url":null,"abstract":"Robust and accurate localization and mapping are essential for autonomous driving. The traditional SLAM methods generally work under the assumption that the environment is static, while in dynamic environment the performance will be degenerate. In this paper, we propose an efficient and effective method to eliminate the influence of dynamic environment on SLAM by fusing LiDAR and mmW-radar, which significantly improves the robustness and accuracy of localization and mapping. The method fully utilizes the advantages of different measurement characteristics of two sensors, efficient moving object detection based on Doppler effect by radar and accurate object segmentation and localization by LiDAR, to remove the moving objects and uses the resulting filtered point cloud as the input of SLAM towards enhanced performance. The proposed approach is evaluated through experiments in various real world scenarios, and the results demonstrate the effectiveness of the method to improve the robustness and accuracy of SLAM in dynamic environments.","PeriodicalId":150515,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115385869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Melanie Lipka, Erik Sippel, S. Brückner, M. Vossiek
{"title":"Recursive Phase Extraction for Holographic Localization of Incoherent FMCW Beacons","authors":"Melanie Lipka, Erik Sippel, S. Brückner, M. Vossiek","doi":"10.1109/ICMIM48759.2020.9299062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIM48759.2020.9299062","url":null,"abstract":"Radio-based localization systems are a vibrant field of scientific research with various use-cases in indoor environments. Particularly, the live tracking of freely moving objects offers significant value; however, such tracking requires high update rates and precise localization. An advanced approach with low computational effort is the holographic extended Kalman filter (HEKF), which has already achieved accuracy in the cm-range even with a moderate bandwidth. Hereby, the phase value is extracted from the peak of the spectrum requiring a maximum-search in the full spectrum. The computational effort in frequency-modulated-continuous-wave systems can be reduced by replacing the maximum search by calculating the evaluation bin. In this paper, a recursive method for the phase extraction for HEKFs in secondary radar systems with an incoherent beacon is presented and evaluated using a 24 GHz frequency-modulated-continuous-wave system.","PeriodicalId":150515,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM)","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131071644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. Aouimeur, M. Margalef-Rovira, E. Lauga-Larroze, D. Gloria, C. Gaquière, I. Alaji, J. Arnould
{"title":"A Fully-Integrated High-Isolation Transfer Switch for G-band in-situ Reflectometer applications","authors":"W. Aouimeur, M. Margalef-Rovira, E. Lauga-Larroze, D. Gloria, C. Gaquière, I. Alaji, J. Arnould","doi":"10.1109/ICMIM48759.2020.9299098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMIM48759.2020.9299098","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes two fully-integrated transfer switches designed for in-situ reflectometers and Built-In Self-Test applications (BIST) in the 140 to 220 GHz band (G-band). The proposed switches were designed in the STMicroelectronics 55-nm BiCMOS technology using the Single-Shunt and the Double-Shunt topology, respectively. In the 140 to 195 GHz frequency range, the Double-Shunt Transfer Switch shows an isolation between 27 and 46 dB, and an insertion loss between 5 and 7 dB. Compared to the Single-Shunt Transfer Switch, the double shunt switch presents a much better isolation while having a quite comparable insertion loss and area overhead. To the best of our knowledge, the proposed switches are the first fully integrated transfer switches in BiCMOS or CMOS technologies.","PeriodicalId":150515,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM)","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124654299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}