High-accuracy radio positioning and sensing in industrial environments

5G NR technology and particularly the deployments at the millimeter-wave (mmWave) bands with large channel bandwidths and highly direction antenna systems allow for high-accuracy radio positioning and radio-based sensing or radar like functionalities. In this work, we have developed now concepts and algorithm solutions that together with concrete performance evaluations in the context of industrial sites (harbors, factories) demonstrate the feasibility of reaching centimeter-level positioning and sensing accuracies. Such methods allow for increased location awareness in advanced industrial systems, thus enhancing the efficiency and safety of the industrial facility. Location-awareness can also be leveraged to improve the efficiency and reliability of handovers in industrial systems with macro mobility.

Contact:

Mikko Valkama, [email protected]

References and more information:

  • E. Rastorgueva-Foi, O. Galinina, M. Costa, M. Koivisto, J. Talvitie, S. Andreev, and M.Valkama, “Networking and Positioning Co-Design in Multi-Connectivity Industrial mmW Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 69, no. 12, pp. 15842-15856, Dec. 2020.
  • Y. Lu, J. Talvitie, M. Koivisto, E. Rastorgueva-Foi, T. Levanen, E.-S. Lohan, and M. Valkama, “Joint Positioning and Tracking via NR Sidelink in 5G-Empowered Industrial IoT,” IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, 2021, available in arXiv at https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.06003
  • Y. Lu, M. Gerasimenko, R. Kovalchukov, J. Urama, M. Stusek, E.S. Lohan, S. Andreev, Y. Koucheryavy, and M. Valkama, “Feasibility study on location-aware handovers for robotic platforms with multi-radio access,” Sensors, 2020, no. 21: 6290.
  • Y. Lu, M. Koivisto, J. Talvitie, E. Rastorgueva-Foi, M. Valkama, and E.S. Lohan, “Self-Organized Positioning System for Industrial IoT in mmWave Device-to-Device Networks,” in Proc. IEEE VTC 2021 Spring.
  • C. Baquero Barneto, E. Rastorgueva-Foi, F. Keskin, T. Riihonen, M. Turunen, J. Talvitie, H. Wymeersch, and M. Valkama, “Dynamic Sensing and Environment Mapping in Millimeter-wave 5G NR Networks, “IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing”, 2021, available in arXiv at https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.11593 .
  • C. Baquero Barneto et al., “High-Accuracy Radio Sensing in 5G New Radio Networks: Prospects and Self-Interference Challenge,” 2019 53rd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, USA, 2019, pp. 1159-1163.
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