no code implementations • 28 Dec 2023 • Pinjun Zheng, Xing Liu, Jiguang He, Gonzalo Seco-Granados, Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri
By leveraging the strong signal reception of the LEO satellite signals and capitalizing on the radio environment-reshaping capability of RISs, the integration of these two technologies presents a vision of a future where localization services transcend existing constraints.
no code implementations • 15 Nov 2023 • Reza Ghazalian, Hui Chen, George C. Alexandropoulos, Gonzalo Seco-Granados, Henk Wymeersch, Riku Jäntti
In this paper, we consider a static user equipped with an RIS and study the RIS localization problem (i. e., joint three-dimensional position and orientation estimation), when operating in a system comprising a single-antenna transmitter and multiple synchronized single-antenna receivers with known locations.
no code implementations • 21 Jun 2023 • Henk Wymeersch, Rouhollah Amiri, Gonzalo Seco-Granados
The carrier phase of cellular signals can be utilized for highly accurate positioning, with the potential for orders-of-magnitude performance improvements compared to standard time-difference-of-arrival positioning.
no code implementations • 7 Feb 2023 • Alessio Fascista, Benjamin J. B. Deutschmann, Musa Furkan Keskin, Thomas Wilding, Angelo Coluccia, Klaus Witrisal, Erik Leitinger, Gonzalo Seco-Granados, Henk Wymeersch
Radio stripes (RSs) is an emerging technology in beyond 5G and 6G wireless networks to support the deployment of cell-free architectures.
no code implementations • 9 Jan 2023 • Hui Chen, Hyowon Kim, Mustafa Ammous, Gonzalo Seco-Granados, George C. Alexandropoulos, Shahrokh Valaee, Henk Wymeersch
A smart city involves, among other elements, intelligent transportation, crowd monitoring, and digital twins, each of which requires information exchange via wireless communication links and localization of connected devices and passive objects (including people).
no code implementations • 4 Jan 2023 • Musa Furkan Keskin, Alessio Fascista, Fan Jiang, Angelo Coluccia, Gonzalo Seco-Granados, Henk Wymeersch
We consider the problem of ESPRIT-oriented precoder design for beamspace angle-of-departure (AoD) estimation in downlink mmWave multiple-input single-output communications.
no code implementations • 14 Dec 2022 • Hyowon Kim, Alessio Fascista, Hui Chen, Yu Ge, George C. Alexandropoulos, Gonzalo Seco-Granados, Henk Wymeersch
We propose a framework for monostatic sensing by a user equipment (UE), aided by a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) in environments with single- and double-bounce signal propagation.
no code implementations • 17 Nov 2022 • Kamran Keykhosravi, Musa Furkan Keskin, Gonzalo Seco-Granados, Petar Popovski, Henk Wymeersch
Specifically, we observe that the state of the user with a high speed (42 m/s) can be estimated virtually with the same accuracy as a static user.
no code implementations • 14 Nov 2022 • Liqin Ding, Gonzalo Seco-Granados, Hyowon Kim, Russ Whiton, Erik G. Ström, Jonas Sjöberg, Henk Wymeersch
Bayesian receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (RAIM) algorithms are developed for the snapshot cellular positioning problem in a simplified one-dimensional (1D) linear Gaussian setting.
no code implementations • 18 Oct 2022 • Reza Ghazalian, Hui Chen, George C. Alexandropoulos, Gonzalo Seco-Granados, Henk Wymeersch, Riku Jäntti
The recent research in the emerging technology of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) has identified its high potential for localization and sensing.
no code implementations • 1 Sep 2022 • Henk Wymeersch, Gonzalo Seco-Granados
This letter is part of a two-letter tutorial on radio localization and sensing, with a focus on mobile radio systems, i. e., 5G and beyond.
no code implementations • 1 Sep 2022 • Henk Wymeersch, Gonzalo Seco-Granados
This letter is part of a two-letter tutorial on radio localization and sensing, with focus on mobile radio systems in 5G mmWave and beyond.
no code implementations • 11 Jul 2022 • Nil Garcia, Alessio Fascista, Angelo Coluccia, Henk Wymeersch, Canan Aydogdu, Rico Mendrzik, Gonzalo Seco-Granados
In this work, we first devise a mathematically tractable analytical model for a vehicle with arbitrary shape, modeled as an extended target parameterized by the center position, the orientation (heading) and the perimeter contour.
no code implementations • 28 Apr 2022 • Alessio Fascista, Musa Furkan Keskin, Angelo Coluccia, Henk Wymeersch, Gonzalo Seco-Granados
In this paper, a novel low-complexity method for joint localization and synchronization based on an optimized design of the base station (BS) active precoding and RIS passive phase profiles is proposed, for the challenging case of a single-antenna receiver.
no code implementations • 11 Apr 2022 • Mohammad A. Nazari, Gonzalo Seco-Granados, Pontus Johannisson, Henk Wymeersch
Accurate and ubiquitous localization is crucial for a variety of applications such as logistics, navigation, intelligent transport, monitoring, control, and also for the benefit of communications.
no code implementations • 22 Feb 2022 • Kamran Keykhosravi, Gonzalo Seco-Granados, George C. Alexandropoulos, Henk Wymeersch
In this paper, we introduce a novel use-case of the RIS technology in radio localization, which is enabling the user to estimate its own position via transmitting orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) pilots and processing the signal reflected from the RIS.
no code implementations • 17 May 2021 • Musa Furkan Keskin, Fan Jiang, Florent Munier, Gonzalo Seco-Granados, Henk Wymeersch
We consider the problem of spatial signal design for multipath-assisted mmWave positioning under limited prior knowledge on the user's location and clock bias.
no code implementations • 25 Apr 2021 • Kamran Keykhosravi, Musa Furkan Keskin, Satyam Dwivedi, Gonzalo Seco-Granados, Henk Wymeersch
In this work, we study the application of RIS in a multi-user passive localization scenario, where we have one transmitter (Tx) and multiple asynchronous receivers (Rxs) with known locations.
no code implementations • 5 Jan 2021 • Mohammad A. Nazari, Gonzalo Seco-Granados, Pontus Johannisson, Henk Wymeersch
We show that the received signals from several base stations, having known positions, can be used to estimate the unknown orientation of the user.
1 code implementation • 4 Nov 2020 • Kamran Keykhosravi, Musa Furkan Keskin, Gonzalo Seco-Granados, Henk Wymeersch
We consider the problem of joint three-dimensional localization and synchronization for a single-input single-output (SISO) system in the presence of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), equipped with a uniform planar array.
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no code implementations • 28 Oct 2020 • Alessio Fascista, Angelo Coluccia, Henk Wymeersch, Gonzalo Seco-Granados
However, for MISO systems synchronization cannot be performed jointly with user localization unless two-way transmissions are used.
1 code implementation • 12 Oct 2020 • Zohair Abu-Shaban, Kamran Keykhosravi, Musa Furkan Keskin, George C. Alexandropoulos, Gonzalo Seco-Granados, Henk Wymeersch
Exploiting wavefront curvature enables localization with limited infrastructure and hardware complexity.
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no code implementations • 29 Jul 2020 • Alessio Fascista, Angelo Coluccia, Henk Wymeersch, Gonzalo Seco-Granados
5G mmWave MIMO systems enable accurate estimation of the user position and mapping of the radio environment using a single snapshot when both the base station (BS) and user are equipped with large antenna arrays.
no code implementations • 2 Jun 2020 • Andre Bourdoux, Andre Noll Barreto, Barend van Liempd, Carlos de Lima, Davide Dardari, Didier Belot, Elana-Simona Lohan, Gonzalo Seco-Granados, Hadi Sarieddeen, Henk Wymeersch, Jaakko Suutala, Jani Saloranta, Maxime Guillaud, Minna Isomursu, Mikko Valkama, Muhammad Reza Kahar Aziz, Rafael Berkvens, Tachporn Sanguanpuak, Tommy Svensson, Yang Miao
This white paper concludes by highlighting foundational research challenges, as well as implications and opportunities related to privacy, security, and trust.
no code implementations • 15 May 2020 • Shilpa Rao, Gonzalo Seco-Granados, Hessam Pirzadeh, Josef A. Nossek, A. Lee Swindlehurst
We consider channel estimation for an uplink massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system where the base station (BS) uses an array with low-resolution (1-2 bit) analog-to-digital converters and a spatial Sigma-Delta ($\Sigma\Delta$) architecture to shape the quantization noise away from users in some angular sector.