Performance Evaluation of Practical Passive Source Localization Using Two Software Defined Radios

Junming Wei; Changbin Yu

doi:10.1109/LCOMM.2016.2582797

Performance Evaluation of Practical Passive Source Localization Using Two Software Defined Radios

Junming Wei, Changbin Yu

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Abstract

Passive source localization has been a hot topic for many years. It is traditionally implemented using multiple spatially distributed stationary sensors. In this letter, a passive localization solution using two sensors is proposed. To demonstrate the solution in the real-world environment, a localization system is developed using commercial-off-the-shelf software defined radios. One stationary sensor and one mobile sensor are developed to take time difference of arrival and frequency difference of arrival measurements at multiple time instants to localize a non-cooperative signal tower. To improve the localization accuracy, the measurement error is systematically analyzed. Moreover, the methods to select appropriate measurements are discussed. The localization performance of the system is evaluated via the experiments implemented in a large outdoor area with a sensor-target range of several kilometers.

Original language	English
Article number	7497014
Pages (from-to)	1880-1883
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE Communications Letters
Volume	20
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2016.2582797
Publication status	Published - Sept 2016

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